Rick Warren is inviting you to “take the whole Gospel to the whole world in a whole new way.” See the official invitation to the All Africa Conference below. Warren’s message is certainly reaching the whole world in a whole new way, but it is by no means the whole Gospel or even half the…
Category: Rick Warren
Celebrity Pastor is not a Biblical Church Office
The New Testament lays the groundwork for a plurality of church leadership rather than that of a single celebrity pastor. In this article, we will examine the office of Celebrity Pastor which exists in Church Growth but not in the Bible. Many have changed the definition of the pastor in order to destroy barriers to…
Real Roots of the Emergent Church Documentary: Updated!
Here is the 3-hour Updated Director’s Cut of The Real Roots of the Emergent Church documentary: 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…
A Christian Movie Review of Son of God
“All who heard Him felt His power,” says the John the Apsotle player in Son of God the movie. What? Felt His power? You won’t hear this saying in the Bible but many postmodern relativists may use these types of phrases in their appeals to feeling the truth rather than knowing the truth and heart knowledge vs. head…
The Führerprinzip
Fascist ideology has made its way into Church Growth and evangelicalism. Previously to cover this topic has been Chris Rosebrough of Fighting For the Faith in his audio presentation Resistance is Futile, You will be Assimilated into the Community. In this article, I wanted to elaborate on the Führerprinzip, a key mechanism under the Gleichschaltung of Nazi…