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…
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Rick Warren to Start New Radio Show
Rick Warren’s new radio show aims to focus on hope and religious freedom. Napp Nazworth reported: Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., announced Tuesday that he will begin a radio show the first week of April. Warren said at a media gathering at Georgetown University today that he is doing the…
Church of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker-Sensitive, Church Growth & New World Order
Can the Church borrow the marketing tools of the world and apply them to the Church? What is the history of the Church Growth movement and its false premises? Who is involved in the new evangelicalism and second reformation? Why are these movements embracing contemplative mysticism? How does this movement play into the New World Order?…
Purpose Driven Muslims
Much like the prophet Balaam in the Old Testament sends mixed messages of whether he is a prophet of the Most High or a false prophet, Warren’s Purpose Driven message sends mixed messages. Though Balaam’s oracles prophesied of the coming Messiah, the New Testament writers identify him as a false prophet (2 Peter 2:15; Jude…