(By Nathan Busenitz)
Phil begins by directing our attention to Acts 17.
This is where Paul preaches among the elite philosophers of Athens. It is one of the best known passages of Scripture, but it is one of the most abused. It is a favorite passage today for those who are attempting to fashion a postmodern version […]
Posted in Emerging Church on November 21st, 2007 91 Comments »
(By Jesse Johnson)
I am convinced that the emerging church is largely early 20th century liberalism, with cooler hair. At the Wiltern Theatre in Hollywood last week, Rob Bell, one of the leading figures in the movement, solidified my stereo-type with his nation-wide tour called The Gods are Not Angry. I could not help but think, […]
(By Phil Johnson)
This is a continuation of our series on “The Fad-Driven Church.”
According to the cover article in November’s Christianity Today [2004], the next big fad is already on the horizon. It’s the “Emergent Church” movement—seeker-sensitivity gone to seed. It’s Saddleback for postmodernists—Willow Creek to the tenth power, for the pierced and tatooed generation. The most […]
Posted in Emerging Church on October 26th, 2007 26 Comments »
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Okay… so this is already four days old (which is like four millennia in the blogosphere), but with fires in Santa Clarita at the beginning of this week, I didn’t hear of it until yesterday.
For some of you this will be old news. (Sorry.) But for those of you who haven’t heard this yet, […]
(By John MacArthur)
The following is adapted from John’s upcoming book, The Truth War (Spring, 2007).
What is truth? We began with that question, and my earnest hope is that the answer would be clear: Truth is not any individual’s opinion or imagination. Truth is what God decrees. And He has given us an infallible source of […]