http://afcmin.org/ateam/164/modern-reformation-1-the-emerging-church-by-da-carson Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 http://afcmin.org/ateam/164/modern-reformation-1-the-emerging-church-by-da-carson/comment-page-1#comment-586 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:00:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=164#comment-586 Thank you! We stand agreed on all counts.
And this bit of encouragement: I very much appreciate your far-better-than-average knowledge of this issue. There are many who argue against the issue based on what they've heard or read other critics say. You point out excellent critiques of the emergent movement from your own knowledge of the issue; one's that I have echoed any many places while at the same time urging the Church to take a hard, honest look at itself. Thank you and don't stop!

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/164/modern-reformation-1-the-emerging-church-by-da-carson/comment-page-1#comment-585 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:24:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=164#comment-585 Gregory, I agree that there are many problems with Evangelicalism, so many that I prefer not to be called Evangelical.
There are a number of people involved in emergent that care about Scripture, such as Dan Kimball. However, I generally see more emphasis on culture within emergent than on Scripture. And for a large number, Scripture is only one voice among the many voices that should be considered. If there are others in emergent who hold Scripture as the highest authority and our foundation, then my criticisms don't apply to them.

]]> http://afcmin.org/ateam/164/modern-reformation-1-the-emerging-church-by-da-carson/comment-page-1#comment-584 Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:30:00 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=164#comment-584 Perhaps that is one perspective of the emergent movement. Perhaps a better summation of that perspective is not so much that evangelicalism has “changed” the church and the Gospel, but that it has created a “social club” mentality.
And let me point out (again, as I have in other comments to other posts) that clearly not all of those who consider themselves among the emerging movement are throwing away Scripture. There are many, many emerging folks who say (correctly) that we must change the way we do church (not so much for culture's sake as for the Gospel's sake–because right now the church-at-large is profaning the Gospel) but we must stand solidly on Scripture.
Let me encourage you not to fall prey to the risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

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