What do you do when you’ve really blown it? How can a broken sinner stand before God without fear? Is there such a thing as a new beginning? Whiter Than Snow answers these questions through fifty-two meditations on Psalm 51. Designed for busy believers, these reflections are brief, engaging, and practical.
Although we have not yet [...]

Posted in Book, Books, Christian Books, Crossway, Emergent, Paul David Tripp, Vote 2008 1 Comment »

On the eve of the publication of his latest book, The Courage to be Protestant (Eerdmans, 2008), Derek Thomas asked him some questions about the reasons that lay behind its publication.
DT: Congratulations David on the publication of your latest book!  How is this related to the tetralogy (or is it quodrilogy?) of volumes which began [...]

Posted in Book Review, Books, David Wells, Emergent, Postmodernism, Protestantism No Comments »

Several days ago, a friend of mine called and said he had been invited to speak at Teen Mania’s chapel service on the subject of the Emergent Church. Naturally I was excited that the Lord had opened up an opportunity for my friend to share with the young men and women who are a part [...]

Posted in Emergent 1 Comment »

From Christian Research Net:
Over at Emergent Village we see a revealing post concerning the concept of being born again featuring Tony Jones, a leading theologian in the emerging church:
Tony Jones recently interviewed Rev. John Chisham, pastor of River of Life Alliance Church in Marshall, Minnesota (and also outspoken critic of Tony and Emergent) for a [...]

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church, Emergent Village, Justification, Tony Jones 1 Comment »

From Lighthouse Trails (Original Source)
Rick Warren has invited New Age proponent Leonard Sweet to speak at the 2008 Saddleback Small Groups Conference called Wired. 1 The theme of the conference is “Prepare your church for spiritual growth and connectivity.” Unfortunately, spiritual growth and connectivity ala Leonard Sweet could be a panentheistic, mystical dose of [...]

Posted in Contemplative, Contemplative Prayer, Emergent, Leonard Sweet, New Age, Rick Warren No Comments »

The following are comments from AG pastors regarding the Emergent Church. These comments are in response to an article by Earl Creps, Professor of Leadership and Spiritual Renewal, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.
Here is a link to the original post from Creps.
Earl, I believe the answer to your question is NO. I have been involved [...]

Posted in Assembly of God, Emergent, Emergent Church, False Doctrine, False Teacher 3 Comments »

An Assembly of God youth pastor attributes most of his theological inspiration to have come from Emergent writers.
as an AG YP, I have found most of my theological inspiration, and quite frankly, hope that things can change for the better, from writers who could be categorized as emergent. Honestly, I am saddened but not [...]

Posted in Assembly of God, Emergent, Emergent Church, False Doctrine, False Teacher No Comments »

Do you have some of the Nooma videos at your church?

If you do, maybe you should reconsider their value with regards to biblical truth !
(HT: Symphony of Scripture)

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church, False Doctrine, False Teacher, Humanism, Media, Nooma, Rob Bell, YouTube 7 Comments »

From True Discernment, we read this thought provoking perspective on the upcoming Rethink Conference hosted at the Crystal Cathedral by non other than Dr. Robert Schuller and Erwin McManus.
Wow! Can you get any more world loving than a statement like the one for this conference?
“new perspectives from global influencers?
In other words how to bring more [...]

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, Robert Schuller No Comments »

I read something today that really grieves my soul.
I read of a place called the Greensboro Abbey’s Online Community Space!
The following is in large part a cut-and-paste of what the Abbey is and what they believe and hope to be. Read it and pray if you will for blind eyes to be open. [...]

Posted in Contemplative, Ecumenism, Emergent, Emergent Church, False Doctrine 1 Comment »

Pastor Ken Silva points us to Mark Driscoll’s recent speach at a souther baptist conference where he addressed issues with Emergent leaders Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, and Doug Pagitt.
Read the complete post from Pastor Ken here.
I have listened to Mark Driscoll’s address and I agree with him about McLaren, Bell, and Pagitt. However Driscoll suggest [...]

Posted in Brian McLaren, Dan Kimball, Donald Miller, Doug Pagitt, Emergent, Emergent Church, Erwin McManus, John Burke, Mark Driscoll, Rob Bell 3 Comments »

The following audio features D.A. Carson speaking on the topic of “Is the Emergent Church Biblical” at the Henry Center on 9/21/2005.
Henry Center MP3. (Original Source)
Internet Archive MP3.

About the Henry Center:
Theologians often comment on the low levels of Christian literacy in our pews as well as our pulpits. Likewise, ministry leaders complain about the irrelevance [...]

Posted in D.A. Carson, Emergent, Emergent Church, Henry Center No Comments »

From Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed Blog, we find this sympathetic assessment of the Emergent Doug Pagitt and his church, Solomon’s Porch.

I’m up here in Seattle, and Doug Pagitt’s heart-felt record of his church’s, Solomon’s Porch, work, called Reimagining Spiritual Formation, which for many Emergent folk is “old hat,” was a wondrous read and gave me [...]

Posted in D.A. Carson, Doug Pagitt, Ecclesiology, Emergent, Emergent Church, Scot McKnight, Solomon's Porch No Comments »

Part 1

Part 2

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church, John MacArthur No Comments »

Apprising Ministries presents the following important excerpts from a conversation between Dr. John MacArthur and Phil Johnson on the Emergent Church, the new cult of liberal theology:
Read Article

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church No Comments »

Greg Gilbert from 9Marks shares his assessment of Brian McLaren.
Read the article here.

Posted in 9Marks, Brian McLaren, Doctrine, Emergent, Emergent Church, False Doctrine No Comments »

Jim at Watcher’s Lamp presents to us this story from Lighthouse Trails Research: “Awana: Are They Heading Toward Contemplative/Emergent?”

Posted in Contemplative, Emergent No Comments »

The Death of Discernment In The Church
from Mike Gendron, Proclaiming the Gospel (Online Source)
Have you considered the spiritual health of your church in these days of tolerance and compromise? Is the leadership earnestly contending for the faith against the current wave of ecumenism? A. W. Tozer used the illustration of circulating blood to describe the [...]

Posted in Catholicism, Chuck Colson, Church History, Emergent, Emergent Church, Irving Bible Church, Reformation 9 Comments »

(Online Source)
Andy Mcquitty, Senior Pastor, Irving Bible Church, was asked by someone whether gays were acceptable at his church. Part of his letter reads as follows:
“I really love the spirit of honesty in your letter, _____. You were careful to let me know that you are in a gay relationship, and that as a result [...]

Posted in Emergent, Emergent Church, Homosexuality No Comments »

Pastor Ken Silva presents an honest and timely indictment against the Emergent Church.
Read the story here.

Posted in Catholicism, Emergent, Emergent Church No Comments »

An interesting Crosstalk Program today as “Ingrid began this edition of Crosstalk by featuring a recorded interview she conducted with emergent pastor Doug Pagitt, pastor of Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s also the co-author of a book entitled, Emergent Manifesto of Hope… Another part of the program features a portion of an interview with [...]

Posted in Ecumenism, Emergent No Comments »

Google Video Link Here
HT: Ben Davis, Symphony of Scripture
At Symphony of Scripture, Ben Davis has taken the time to provide some great notes to go along with this video. Enjoy.

Posted in Bible, Books, Catholicism, Church History, Cults, Discernment, Discipleship, Doctrine, Emergent, Evangelism, Preaching, Purpose Driven, Revival, Rick Warren, Theology No Comments »

From Apprising Ministries, a great exchange between elder (in biblical terms) Pastor Ken Silva and a youth pastor. In this exchange, Pastor Silva, with biblical reference, explains why he deals with issues the way he does.
Click here to read the original post.
HT: Pastor Ken Silva

Posted in Emergent No Comments »

Mike Corley and guest Ken Silva from Apprising.org and Christian Research Network examine the teachings of Erwin McManus, including clips from McManus’ remarks form the 2007 NRB convention.
[odeo="http://odeo.com/audio/11172363/view"]
Download MP3

Posted in Emergent 4 Comments »

From the Mike Corely Radio Program a very good examination of discernment ministries and the Emergent Church Movement.
Interview starts at 11:57.
Pastor Ken Silva from Christian Research Network is Mike’s guest as they discuss discernment ministries in the church today. What is the role and scriptural foundation for discernment ministries? What is the biblical standard for [...]

Posted in Discernment, Emergent, Odeo No Comments »

In this YouTube clip at Apprising Ministries Emergent Church Pastor Doug Pagitt and his coeditor Tony Jones, an emerging theologian in the Emergent Church of Christ followers share their dreams of…“hope”…and more book sales of An Emergent Manifesto of Hope.

Posted in Doctrine, Emergent, Theology No Comments »