Category Archives: Emerging Church

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McKnight concludes by referring to classic Postmodern arguments about the nature of language — Finally, ironic faith grows out of emergents’ realization that language plays a large role in our faith and our claims to know the truth. Even a … Continue reading →

McKnight next raises the question of whether Christianity is exclusive — Fifth, public schools drilled the messages of multiculturalism and pluralism into emergents’ heads and hearts, while their churches were teaching them that all those without explicit faith in Christ … Continue reading →

McKnight now delves into even tougher territory — Sixth, emergents sometimes exercise a deconstructive critique of the Bible’s view of God. Sometimes I hear it in ways that are no more interesting that Marcion’s old (and heretical) critique of the … Continue reading →

Scot McKnight’s fourth point deals with the hypocrisy of much of popular evangelicalism — Fourth, emergents were burned by the lack of integrity among popular evangelical media figures. They watched or heard the stories about Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart … Continue reading →

McKnight continues explaining the mindset of the emerging movement: Third, exposure to science in public education, universities, and personal study has led emergents to disown the traditional conclusion that when science and the Bible conflict, science must move aside. Although … Continue reading →

McKnight continues his article on “Ironic Faith” by discussing the emerging churches’ attitude toward the Gospels — Second, emergents believe that the gospel they heard as children or were exposed to as teenagers is a caricature of Paul’s teaching — … Continue reading →

Well, I just stumbled across another article about the Emerging Church Movement by Scot McKnight, a leading intellectual within that element of the evangelical churches. The article, “Ironic Faith,” recently published in Christianity Today, raises some tough questions. I wasn’t … Continue reading →