Stepping Heavenward

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it,
but that it is too low and we reach it. ~Michaelangelo

Joining the Bandwagon of Uncertainty
Dec. 7, 2007

Pyromaniacs has a great post on the 'Emerging Church' today entitled:


Uncertainty is the sole remaining cardinal virtue of postmodernism. The right to question anything and everything is likewise the only dogma postmodern orthodoxy accepts uncritically. And (as we see all the time in the meta here) it's one of a small handful of ideas Emergents and their admirers can always be counted on to defend militantly.

In other words, Emerging religion has canonized doubt. And—let's be candid here—many who say they prefer the label "missional" are making the very same mistake. In fact, even in supposedly conservative and fundamentalist venues where "Truth and Certainty" are formally affirmed, you'll find no shortage of Christian leaders willing to palliate their supposed "convictions" almost to death in order to sound more "relevant" to postmoderns. The result has been a dearth of vigorous theological conviction which makes the whole drift instantly irrelevant—because it's nothing but a thoughtless echo of what most of the world already believes (or disbelieves) about the knowability of objective truth anyway.

It reminded me of this great video of Taylor Mali.

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Thanks for the article and link

briannash - 3:47 PM - Dec. 7, 2007


I'll say "Amen' to that

Amen!
The people perish because of a lack of knowledge. Seeker friendly churches are watering down the gospel to appeal to the masses and the emergent church is jettisoning it altogether. Dogma and Doctrine, if we don't have that, what do we have? Wood, hay and stubble. Have you heard of the Nehemiah institute? (I'm sure you have!!) http://www.nehemiahinstitute.com/index.php
I heard Voddie Baucham (did I spell that right.?) refer to them and give stats on how dismal the 'Christian"worldview" of many Christians really is, and they (we??) don't even realize it. Is it any wonder when you listen to what comes out of so many pulpit every Sunday.
Good word!

HisPoiema - 7:27 PM - Dec. 9, 2007







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