Friday, May 22, 2009
The Emergent Church: the New Paganism?
Recent articles have made the claim that the Body of Messiah is heading for paganism with it's road being paved by Emergent Church theology. This movement and 'conversation' has been called all manner of negative monikers denoting the ill-repute they have within the majority of the Body of Messiah. John MacArthur and many within the traditional evangelical party brand these styles as "unbiblical", "pagan", "demonizing", and, worst of all, "hateful". If they accept gay couples into their midst while their 'Christian' brothers are crying about how 'gayday' shouldn't be allowed at Six Flags or Disney World, how can we assume they are hateful? I would agree that much of their idea of biblical interpretation seems skewed in comparison with my own, but am I to mock and poke fun at them? Is this what Messiah would want? In a recent Way of the Master clip I listened to, the show's host, Todd Friel, throws a torrent of comments that seem much less like the Way of our Master and much more like a jerk. This has been the norm for those refuting claims within much of the Emergent Church. Is this right? Can the claim be made that they are any more incorrect than any other 'denominational division' within the Body? How do we deal with those inside the Body that we disagree with? What are we supposed to do if we see something and we can't lift up our brothers and sisters to see the same thing? Really bring some answers, friends. Peace.
Labels:
Christianity,
Emergent Church,
Gays,
Heresy,
John MacArthur,
Messiah,
Way of the Master
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Brillian insight. Thanks posting this.
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