I do welcome books like this, and the Emergent stuff in general. I think they’re asking questions that need to be asked
There are definitely questions worth asking and traditions that should be challenged. I just think a lot of the time they end up bringing a chainsaw to the operating table.
Your comment reminded me of something that Phil Johnson said about Emergent authors. I did a quick search and couldn't find it so I'll paraphrase. He said they do a good job of identifying problems in the church, but that their proposed solutions are often going one-hundred-eighty degrees in the wrong direction.
The more defined the general "Emergent conversation" becomes, the more I have to agree with that assessment...
Oh, I’ve heard some goofy ideas from some of the extreme cases in the emergent movement. The leftist politics that sometimes comes attached is also way over the edge of ignorance.
I’m a house church guy, myself, so I don’t really fit into any of the camps. I find flaws with just about everyone, (our own ecclesia included), so maybe I have a bit of leniency with the emergent guys. I do trust that God has the situation under control.
Here’s a book to review. I have’t read it yet, but I plan to order it. I’d like to hear your take on it:
http://www.ptmin.org/pagan.htm
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