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Apr. 16, 2008
You Might Be Emergent If...

Posted in The Church

I have never tried to pretend that I am a writer.  I blog to share things - mine or someone elses.  This is one of those "someone elses" that I thought was humorous and sad at the same time. 

Quote - You Might be Emergent If... (exerpt)

After reading nearly five thousand pages of emerging-church literature, I have no doubt that the emerging church, while loosely defined and far from uniform, can be described and critiqued as a diverse, but recognizable, movement. You might be an emergent Christian: if you listen to U2, Moby, and Johnny Cash’s Hurt (sometimes in church), use sermon illustrations from The Sopranos, drink lattes in the afternoon and Guinness in the evenings, and always use a Mac; if your reading list consists primarily of ...

...if you love the Bible as a beautiful, inspiring collection of works that lead us into the mystery of God but is not inerrant; if you search for truth but aren’t sure it can be found; if you’ve ever been to a church with prayer labyrinths, candles, Play-Doh, chalk-drawings, couches, or beanbags (your youth group doesn’t count); if you loathe words like linear, propositional, rational, machine, and hierarchy and use words like ancient-future, jazz, mosaic, matrix, missional, vintage, and dance; if you grew up in a very conservative Christian home that in retrospect seems legalistic, naive, and rigid;

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Apr. 28, 2008 - Thanks for the comment

Posted by homeskool


I work in Christian radio, and this whole thing with the Emergent Church is downright frightening. I shudder to think about how deceived some of our young people are by this whole movement.

Thanks for stopping by my new blog the other day. I will look at the software you mentioned. I am always looking for good stuff as relates to this. I will be ready in about 2 weeks to do Super 8's. I am trying to get it where I like it and have a couple of more adjustments. I will let you know as soon as I do, and will let you know prices too. One of my decisions in this business is to let God grow it at His pace, so I am spending as little as possible on externals and trappings (read websites and hosting), until I am to a place where I can pay for it out of the profits, after supplies, etc. Since I have the free web page, that's why I get those annoying ads at the top. On the bright side, at least you know someone has a crush on you somewhere. After all, if you read it on the internet, it must be true.


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