I spoke with one carefully selected pastor today. He was amazing. He first prayed, and asked God that I would speak in “truth” with “clarity” and “boldly.” I cried before I started, but got it together so that I could speak at all. He agreed with me that the “emergent” themes are popping up in [...]
Archive for August 12th, 2008
One Pastor in the Struggle…sees the Emergent Church
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christian church, church, conflict, emergent, faith, God, grace, Jesus Christ, mercy, mergent, new age, pastor, speak boldly, spiritual warfare, truth on August 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Woah, welcome the critics
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged berean, Bible, Christianity, critic, emergent, humility, new age on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow. I have a comment on here telling me that:
“sometimes the best thing that can happen to a church trying to move beyond the evangelical-cultural understanding of “bible-based” teaching and into a more meaningful expression of what it means to live the “with-God life” as a community – is to have people like you go [...]
See if this description fits, mergent ones…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged assimilate or die, borg, borglike church, discipleship, missional, missional church, resistance is futile, Rick Warren, Warrenite on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are in a church claiming to be using Warren’s P.E.A.C.E. plan or claiming a missional organizational stance, then see if this description sounds at all familiar.
“Disciples Initiated disciples have no interest in anything but the vision, the Plan and its direction and materializing on earth. Accepted disciples are learning this and in the [...]
