The labels Emergent Church, Emerging Church, Emergence Christianity, and New Christianity all imply innovative and progressive understandings of Orthodox Christianity. Like nailing jello to a wall, many have attempted to understand and define the Emergent movement only to be frustrated and confused. At the heart of the Emerging movement is the worldview of postmodernism which…
Category: Emergent Church
Emergent Village Denies the Word of God
Eric English of Emergent Village says, “The bible is not the WORD OF GOD.” Notice the lower case letter “b” in “bible.” Eric English rails against the Bible as a postmodern deconstructionist saying: The bible is not the WORD OF GOD. However, our elevation of the bible to almost divine status has seemingly resulted in…
Rob Bell Emerges Out of the Closet . . . and the Wool (Again)
The Emergence Christianity leaders continue to come out of the closet, and out of their sheep costumes, as one after another they end up mirroring Western postmodern culture in support of gay marriage. In Tony Jones article today entitled “Is Rob Bell (Finally) Pro-Gay Marriage?” he gives two current examples of how Bell is now…
Rob Bell, Love Wins: For Teens
The Christian Post reports: Rob Bell, former pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Mich., has created a version of his controversial and 2011 bestseller Love Wins for young adults, in which he “tackles the tough questions about heaven, hell, and the consequences of the choices teens make every day,” according to the publisher. Striking an…
Postmodernism, Fascism, and the Church: Dr. Gene Edward Veith
While fascism was militarily defeated in WWII, the ideology of fascism is alive and well in some of the most unsuspected areas of our society. Dr. Gene Edward Veith is Provost and Professor of Literature at Patrick Henry College and author of Modern Fascism: The Threat to the Judeo-Christian Worldview. Dr. Veith explores the fascist…