You could say there is a great falling away taking place before our very eyes. Beware of the Emerging Church heresy!
A good 3-part article about the Emerging Church starts here:
http://www.svchapel.org/Resources/Articles/read_articles.asp?ID=122
More articles here:
http://www.understandthetimes.org/ec/exposingec.shtml
I’m in a Christian bookclub that is part of a solid, evangelical church. But the past several years, I’ve noticed that most of the books have been from the emerging church. It has been only me and one other man—both of us are Calvinists—who stand up against this. One of these men is a leader in our church. It grieves my heart. These people are honest and intelligent, solid. After reading our last book earlier this month, I went to a local Reformed bookstore to stock up on the basics so that I could return better informed. I will take a look at your links. Thank you.
I read the first link. Excellent. Very good points. I wonder myself about the “emerging church.” I was reading Revelation the other day and thinking of the criticism of some of the early churches and how there were issues with blending their beliefs with the pagan beliefs (something I think is happening still today). I think we see a lot of this in what is called the ecumenical movement. It looks good on the face of it, but we cannot have our doctrine watered down just to make things all pretty and sweet. There was nothing pretty or sweet about Christ’s birth or his death, other than the sweetness of salvation promised to us.