If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Augustine
...the emergent church is the latest version of liberalism. The only difference is that old liberalism accommodated modernity and the new liberalism accomodates postmodernity.
Mark Driscoll
Emerging Churches define themselves as those:
1. Who take the life of Jesus as a model way to live
2. Who transform the secular realm
3. As they live highly communal lives.
Because of these three activities, emerging churches
4. Welcome those who are outside
5. Share generously
6. Participate
7. Create
8. Lead without control and
9. Function together in spiritual activities.
Boiling it down to one sentence: Emerging Churches are...communities who practice the way of Jesus within postmodern cultures.
Comment: please notice that all of the above emerging principles are not about what Christ has done for us, but what we do for him. The true gospel is news about what Christ has already done for us as a Savior, rather than instruction and advice about what you are to do for God. The primacy of his accomplishment, not ours, is the essence of our faith. The gospel of Christ above all brings news, rather than instruction.
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Notes |
Christless Christianity  |
Michael S. Horton |
| The Emergent Church and the Gospel |
John Hendryx |
| 6 Views on Brian McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity |
Tim Challies, Mike Wittmer, Kevin DeYoung, Scot McKnight, Panel from SBTS & Bob Kellemen |
| Christianity and McLarenism: Ten Questions and Ten Problems (.pdf) |
Kevin DeYoung |
| Deconstructing Uncertainty |
John Hendryx & Nathan Pitchford |
| Eros Spirituality vs. Agape Faith |
David F. Wells |
| Journey: Are the Pilgrims Still Making Progress (.pdf) |
Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck |
| Jumping Off the Mark: A Response to Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis |
Dale VanDyke |
| The Emerging Church |
D. A. Carson |
| What Should We Think of the Emerging Church? |
Al Mohler |
| A Kingdom Without a King? Evaluating the Kingdom Ethic(s) of the Emerging Church |
Todd Miles (pdf) - Southern Baptist Theological Journal (2008) |
| An Emerging Church Primer |
Justin Taylor |
| EMERGENT DELUSION A CRITIQUE OF A Generous Orthodoxy |
BY BRIAN MCLAREN BY BOB DEWAAY (Pdf) |
| Indeed, Has Paul Really Said (.pdf) 1.89MB |
Pastor M. J. Beasley |
| Postmodernity & the Emerging Church Movement: Reading Room |
Tyndale Reading Room |
| Preaching As Concept Creation, Not Just Contextualization |
John Piper |
| What is Emergence/the Emergent Church? |
Monergism FAQ |
| What is the "emerging church"? |
John Piper |
| Christianity and McLarenism (.pdf) |
Kevin DeYoung |
| Christology and the Emergent |
Darrell Bock |
| Postmodern Epistemology: A Critique of Stanley J. Grenz & John R. Franke |
John D. Wilsey (pdf) |
| Apocalypse Now: No Turning Back |
Phil Johnson |
| "A Generous Orthodoxy"--Is It Orthodox? |
Albert Mohler |
| "Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, and The Emerging Church (doc) |
R. Scott Smith - chapter from an unpublished book |
| 5 Reasons Why the Emerging Church is Now Receding |
Trevin Wax |
| A Conversational Approach: Will it Preach? |
Mike Gilbart-Smith (9Marks) - An Interaction with O. Wesley Allen Jr, The Homiletic of All Believers: A Conversational Approach and Doug Pagitt, Preaching Re-imagined: The Role of the Sermon in Communities of Faith |
| A critical look at the emerging church movement |
Phil Johnson |
| A Theological Conversation Worth Having: A Response to Brian McLaren |
Al Mohler |
| Absolutely Not! Exposing the postmodern errors of the emerging church |
Phil Johnson |
| Appropriate Response to the Emerging Church Movement |
David Kowalksi |
| Better Than Any Fad |
Phil Johnson |
| Book Review: A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren |
Levi Felton |
| Book Review: “Everything Must Change” by Brian McLaren |
Tim Challies |
| Brian McLaren and the Clarity of Scripture, Part 1 |
John MacArthur |
| Brian McLaren and the Clarity of Scripture, Part 2 |
John MacArthur |
| Brian McLaren and the Clarity of Scripture, Part 3 |
John MacArthur |
| Brian McLaren and the Clarity of Scripture, Part 4 |
John MacArthur |
| Brian McLaren and the Clarity of Scripture, Part 5 |
John MacArthur |
| Brian McLaren and the Gospel of Here & Now |
Greg Gilbert |
| Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christianity, Introduction |
Mike Wittmer |
| Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, and The Emerging Church |
(.doc) and " |
| Can't we all just get along? |
postmodernist standards is a losing proposition by Phil Johnson |
| Christianity vs. Jesusanity -- The Postmodern Temptation |
Al mohler |
| Contemplative Spiritual Formation |
Critique |
| Context and Contextualization |
Phil Johnson |
| Contextualizing the Gospel in an Egalitarian World |
Jonathan Leeman |
| Critiquing McLaren & the Emerging Church (doc) |
R. Scott Smith - chapters from unpublished book |
| Critiquing McLaren & the Emerging Church |
R. Scott Smith - two chapters from unpublished book |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church (Part II) |
Sam Storms |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church (Part III) |
Sam Storms |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church (Part IV) |
Sam Storms |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church (Part V) |
Sam Storms |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church (Part VI) |
Sam Storms |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church (Part VII) |
Dr. Sam Storms |
| D. A. Carson Critiques the Emerging Church Part I |
Sam Storms |
| Does Doctrine Really Matter? |
By John MacArthur |
| Does Emergence Christianity And Brian McLaren Really Love Gay People? |
Ken Silva |
| Easy Virtues and Cruel Mistresses |
Carl Trueman - Giving Rob Bell Basic Advice on How to Interpret Luther |
| Emergent Church Archive |
Articles related to the Emerging Church (also known as the Emerging Church) focusing on the theology and leadership of the movement. @Challies.com |
| Emergent Church Archive |
Apprising Ministries |
| Emergent Old Fashioned Liberalism |
Bob Dewaay |
| Emergent Pastor Erwin McManus Plays Dominoes with God’s Sovereignty |
Ron Foster |
| Emerging Confusion |
Charles Colson with Anne Morse |
| Emerging or Re-Emerging |
Pastor Bryan Stupar |
| Emerging or Re-Emerging |
Pastor Bryan Stupar |
| Emerging Theology, Liberal Politics |
Collin Hansen |
| Erasmus and Post-Conservativism |
Dr. James McDonald |
| Essential Concerns Regarding the Emerging Church |
Brett Kunkle (.pdf) |
| Everything Hasn't Changed |
John Wilson |
| Experiencing Emergent |
Shane Rosenthal |
| Farewell Emerging Church, 1989-2010 |
Anthony Bradley |
| Grunge Christianity? |
John MacArthur |
| Has the Emergent Church Emerged? |
Rob Moll Leadership Journal, December 2003 |
| How Can I Be Sure? |
Phil Johnson |
| Introducing the Emerging Church, Part 1 |
John MacArthur |
| Introducing the Emerging Church, Part 2 |
John MacArthur |
| Is Dialogue a Basis for Christian Unity? |
Kevin DeYoung |
| Is Rob Bell Evangelical? |
Ken Silva |
| Leaders call ‘Emerging Church Movement’ a threat to Gospel |
David Roach |
| Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and the "Emergent Church" movement |
Reviewed by Dennis McCallum |
| Love Wins, by Rob Bell: Review |
Pastor Michael John Beasley |
| Love Wins, by Rob Bell: Review, Part II |
Pastor Michael John Beasley |
| McLaren’s “gospel” |
Lee Irons |
| Missional Church or New Monasticism? |
Michael S. Horton |
| Mother Church? |
Derek Thomas, Reformation 21 |
| Natural Vs. Supernatural Religion |
David Wells |
| New Attitude (MP3) |
(Breakout: Justin Taylor) “A Kind of Christianity? A Look at the Emerging Church Movement.” |
| Our deepest problem is not our emotional woundedness for which we need a therapist. |
Bob Kellemen |
| Paul on Mars Hill (part 1) |
Phil Johnson |
| Pomo Ponderings -10 Questions about Postmodern Ministry |
Kevin Miller, Leadership editor-at-large, April, 2003 |
| Postmodern Liberalism: Repainting a Non-Christian Faith (Part I) |
Rev. Casey Freswick |
| Postmodern Liberalism: Repainting a Non-Christian Faith (Part II) |
Rev. Casey Freswick |
| Postmodernism and the Emerging Church Movement |
David Kowalski |
| Reinventing Calvinism - A Generous Heresy |
Steve Camp |
| Rob Bell makes me angry: a pastoral response to Velvet Elvis |
Pat Abendroth |
| Rob Bell “Undefines” Holiness |
Bob DeWaay |
| Rob Bell, the Pastor’s Task of Discernment, and My Heart |
Sovereign Grace Ministries - C.J. Mahaney |
| Rob Bell’s Abstract “Elvis: A Critique of Velvet Elvis |
Bob DeWaay |
| SADDLEBACK CHURCH PASTORS USING ROB BELL TEACHINGS |
Ken Silva |
| Seeds of Compassion Event: Rob Bell, Doug Pagitt with Dalai Lama |
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| Shane Hipps, Co-Pastor with Rob Bell, Says All Religions Valid |
Ken Silva |
| Summarizing my criticism of the Emerging Church Movement |
Phil Johnson |
| Summary on Emergent/Emerging Church |
Darrel Bock |
| The Adequacy of Human Language” |
J. I. Packer—An Outline Summary |
| The Arrogance of the Emergent Church Movement |
Ron Gleason |
| The Call to the Emerging Church |
Dr. Richard J. Krejcir |
| The Death Knell for the Emergent Church Movement |
Ron Gleason |
| The Emergent Church |
Richard Bennett |
| The Emergent Church - A New Wave of Evangelical Identity |
Steven W. Cornell |
| The Emergent Church's Retreat into Pre-Reformation Darkness |
Paul M. Elliott |
| The Emergent Mystique |
Andy Crouch |
| The Emerging Church |
Geoff Thomas Banner of Truth |
| The Emerging Church (Part 1) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| The Emerging Church (Part 2) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| The Emerging Church (Part 3) |
Gary E. Gilley |
| The Gospel According to Brian McLaren |
Aaron Gardner |
| The Gospel in All its Forms |
Tim Keller |
| The Kingdom of Emergent Theology - Part 1 |
Gary Gilley |
| The Kingdom of Emergent Theology - Part 2 |
Gary Gilley |
| The Kingdom of Emergent Theology - Part 3 |
Gary Gilley |
| The Neo-Anabaptists |
Kevin DeYoung |
| The Public Rebuke of False Teachers |
James MacDonald |
| The Scoop'a on NOOMA -- (Part 1-3) |
Greg Gilbert |
| The Wind in the Sails |
Frank Turk |
| This Unique Moment |
David Wells |
| Uncertainty Is the New Truth |
Phil Johnson, John MacArthur |
| Understanding the Emergent Church |
Walter Henegar - “I think God had a PR problem.” |
| Understanding the Emerging Church |
Ed Stetzer |
| Wearing Our Faith: the Purpose and Effectiveness of Bumper Stickers and Christian Clothes |
Alan Noble |
| What's Emerging in the Church? |
Jeffrey Jue |
| Why "the Emerging Conversation" is going nowhere |
Phil Johnson |
| Why Brian McLaren is like my Palm Pilot |
James MacDonald |
| Why Evangelicals Should Ignore Brian McLaren: How the New Testament Requires Evangelicals to Render a Judgment on the Moral Status of Homosexuality |
Denny Burk |
| “Help, my church is going emergent!” |
Kevin DeYoung |
Emerging Church (Multimedia) (42 links)
Why We're Not Emergent 
The Courage to Be Protestant 
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