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: Judgment
Sycamore Is Cut Down
In 2011, Raymond Schwab and I produced a film called Sycamore The 9/11 Tragedy. This film was exploring the idea of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks being a warning and wake-up call for the church in America. Though the film was produced prior to the recent release of the bestselling book The Harbinger by Rabbi Jonathan…
The Real Roots of the Emergent Church
Because diversity characterizes the Emergent Church movement, it is difficult to paint everyone in the movement with a broad brush. Some have observed that defining the Emergent Church is like nailing jello to a wall. All participants agree on their disillusionment with the institutional church, but do not all agree on where the church is destined…
Prophetic Word in 9/11
The word of the Lord concerning 9/11 can be found in Isaiah chapter 9 which speaks directly to what is happening today. For anybody who would object to using an Old Testament text as an example of God’s work today, then you must be reminded of what Paul the Apostle said, 1 Corinthians 10:11: “Now…