Comments on The Christ in Prophecy Journal: Defining The Emergent Church Movement

I hope the SBC doesn't fall into the emergent/...

2009-08-28T17:36:47.018-05:00

I hope the SBC doesn't fall into the emergent/apostacy, as well. But I fear it will. I'm afraid that the cancer will spread even into the most fundamental denominations. Maybe not to the same level as it has in the more mainstream, but I'm afraid it will.

That may sound like bad news and a gloom prediction, but A)it makes us dig more deeply into the Word to find out what God says, and B)it means we are that much closer to our redemption.

Like Eric Barger said, no denomination has been ex...

2009-08-26T09:51:24.981-05:00

Like Eric Barger said, no denomination has been exempt from the Emergent Church Movement.

I used to go to Calvary Chapel Philadelphia and found them to be very doctrinally sound, while my current Southern Baptist Church which should be very doctrinally sound seems on the edge of falling into the Emergent movement. Hopefully, they won't topple into that quagmire.

Thanks for posting this! It was very interesting, ...

2009-08-26T09:32:36.396-05:00

Thanks for posting this! It was very interesting, and I would like to know more about the Emergent Church. I did click the link in the post (which was helpful), but more articles would be good, too.

davidsoncounty said: Emergent also sounds to me like pride like it's "my" way of doing things.

I think that's very true. I remember back when I was at a Calvary Chapel that was going emergent. I kept asking people why are we doing this. They said, "We want to make God more relevant to people?"

I thought: Huh? Make God more RELEVANT? He's ALREADY relevant! So what you're really doing is trying to bring people to God in your own strength. This is man's way (one of many) of trying to make something spiritual happen!

But I see now that this was just the tip of the Emergent iceberg!

Since then, I think most Calvary Chapels have rejected the emergent philosophy. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about this.

Irony strikes again. All these Emergent Christian...

2009-08-26T02:19:51.343-05:00

Irony strikes again. All these Emergent Christians "reminding" themselves about the Earth and "finding the truth" are most likely bored university students who never had to hold down a real job.

When you work with your hands until they bleed and feel the seasons shape your livelihood and our life, you see the evidence of the God of the Bible.

I've had more than one unreasonable conversation with this type of so-called Christian when trying to share the gospel. It's sadly funny because all of their arguments contain the statement, "All truths are equal except for the Bible -- we reject that as untruth."

Hank from Arizona

Thank you for this post. I found it very informati...

2009-08-25T21:16:29.834-05:00

Thank you for this post. I found it very informative, as I had no idea what this emergent church is really about. Very scary!
I had one question when reading the statement about the term apostasy in 2 thessalonians 2. I listened to a sermon the other day in which the pastor discussed this term. He said that, biblically speaking, this word apostasia when used in its verb form(as it is in this passage) does not mean falling away, but leaving a place geographically(defecting or departure). In addition, the particle of speech that precedes the term apostasia is "the" and not "a", which points to a specific known event rather than a general occurence. So, he believes that this passage is saying that the rapture or departure will occur first and then the antichrist will be revealed. If anyone else has any insight into this I would be glad to hear it.
Thanks,
Katie H

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2009-08-25T18:22:12.211-05:00

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Thank you for this blog, I found it very helpful. ...

2009-08-25T15:57:11.919-05:00

Thank you for this blog, I found it very helpful. I had no idea about the Emergent Church movement. It's funny how emergent embraces so many things, it's not emergent at all if it wipes out the Bible. True freedom comes in Christ, His ways are unsearchable. Emergent also sounds to me like pride like it's "my" way of doing things. I consider it an honor to worship God and do things His way.