Faith Undone (2)

Riding the Emerging Church Wave How far is this new kind of church willing to go to reach its objective?  Emerging church proponents say there is a new wave taking place and we have to hop on.  The wave is a Vintage Christianity, which in reality is an experience based religion.  Experience must be implemented …

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Clarity of Scripture – Part 5

5. McLaren and Conservative Evangelicals Fifth, McLaren strongly criticizes those who believe that the Bible can be interpreted clearly. This criticism is most sharply leveled at Reformed conservatives–namely, those who are most committed to the clear teachings of Scripture, and the propositional truths found in the Bible. For example, McLaren compares the five points of …

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The Challenge of Pragmatism

A Blast from the Past Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, and others from the Emergent camp write and speak winsomely about what they are offering, but history, not to mention Scripture, suggests great caution must be exercised at this point. Church historian Iain Murray reminds us that 19th century “liberal theology very rarely presented itself as …

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