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The Superficial Gospel Must Remain Superficial

April 13, 2017October 15, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

I have read Gary Gilley’s book: This Little Church Went to Market. The contents of which affirmed discernment of the seeker-sensitive methodology prevelant in the Emerging Emergent Church that has now, of course, fully Emerged on the Wrong Foundation. The seeker-sensitive experts defend marketing as a tool they need to use to attract more unchurched …

The Challenge of Pragmatism

January 30, 2010May 21, 2009 by GirdedwithTruth

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 …