Comments on: When Worlds Collide (Part 1)

By: Neil H

Neil H — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:32:17 +0000

Remember Moses when he complained to God about not being able to speak to Pharoah. God told Moses that He would be with him and would give him the words he needed. Scripture has the right words. Remember who He is: He is “I am”.

By: Richard P

Richard P — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:30:38 +0000

… how could we interpose their faith without appearing equally exclusivistic and ethnocentric? … What should we say when they call us narrowminded delusional godfreaks, our Christian beliefs a delusion, and our bible a horrible fairytale? How do we deal with them? What should be our language?

We are not called to deal with them, nor are we called to defend ourselves. We are called to teach God’s Word – thus saith the Lord. It is up to God to convict and to save. He that has ears will listen and hear as you teach God’s Word. He that does not have ears will not listen and can be treated as the disciples treated the villagers that would not receive them – they simply walked away, shaking the dust from their feet as they went.

What is the alternative? Can you convince someone that God is real, if only you could find the right words?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:46:14 +0000

We are having this problem at our church with the emergent folks. They all sound like a bunch of Buddhists! Getting them to say anything is like nailing jello to the wall as one book put it. Someone could walk into an emergent church, it seems, smoking a crack pipe and yelling obscenities and they would be ushered into the inner circle of church leadership. If someone were to speak out about the abomination of abortion though they would be castigated and the rules of church discipline would be followed to the letter! We must not let this scourge, this liberalism for the postmoderns, infect our church and make it even more flacid than it often already is. Dr. MacArthur is a true hero of the Word!

By: Jeremy Z

Jeremy Z — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:35:21 +0000

What a great article. I wish much more of the pastors today would write this biblically. I think most evangelical pastors fall for this nonsense to get big crowds and have a whole lot of money. They don’t want to rely on God but they want to rely on man-centered unity. I am glad that to the man-centered emergent types I am irrelevant. Becaus I want to follow the only relevant word, the bible. I thank God everyday for the small group of pastors who discern the real problems in the church.

By: David M.

David M. — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:16:14 +0000

That question is what has given rise to the Emergent Movement and Re-Think, recently held at the Crystal Cathedral.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:52:21 +0000

There is a fire in the building. One way out. All invited.
*Exclusivistic* ???

By: Jun M.

Jun M. — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:10:28 +0000

“As Christians, we know whereof we stand. But in an environment where there are so many ideas and beliefs offering to meet man’s search for meaning and all seemingly attractive and equally challenging, how could we interpose their faith without appearing equally exclusivistic and ethnocentric?”

Correction in caps:

As Christians, we know whereof we stand. But in an environment where there are so many ideas and beliefs offering to meet man’s search for meaning and all seemingly attractive and equally challenging, how could we interpose OUR faith without appearing equally exclusivistic and ethnocentric?

By: Jun M.

Jun M. — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:22:18 +0000

As Christians, we know whereof we stand. But in an environment where there are so many ideas and beliefs offering to meet man’s search for meaning and all seemingly attractive and equally challenging, how could we interpose their faith without appearing equally exclusivistic and ethnocentric?

There are people who are absolutists and virulent in their anti-theist and anti-Christian belief. How do we counteract these people? Should we just avoid them, not talk with them at all? What should we say when they call us narrowminded delusional godfreaks, our Christian beliefs a delusion, and our bible a horrible fairytale? How do we deal with them? What should be our language?

The religious reality in our society (and in the whole world, I guess) is a complex and perflexing one. A person will tend towards agnosticism or be lost spiritually without the firm hold of Christ in that person’s life.

John McArthur’s article is discomforting, and challenging. Its also a wake-up call. Its really so tempting to dumb down or emaciate one’s faith in the sense-surround siren calls of pluralism.

I’m still in search for answers to the questions I have posed above.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:36:01 +0000

AMEN!