The 21st Century Reformation weighed into the emegent discussion a couple of days ago here and then since them here and here focussing mainly on the valid point the emergents make on the need to move beyond being individualistic to being a community- sadly I missed it all till now!
I have now added him to the aggregator so hopefully I wont miss it again (thats if the blogspot atom convertor does its job for me) Do email me if you post on this subject and are not listed in the aggregator as I am keen to link to as many posts as possible.
Over at Adrian’s blog, there is a discussion going on about the Emergent church and the influence of liberal theology on the Emergent movement. Adrian’s point ,which is certainly well taken, is that the emergent theologians are theologically liberal. The quotes Adrian documents are plainly liberal. It appears that the theologians of the Emergent church movement are undermining the church and her foundations by attacking the ideas of propositional truth and the epistemic value of propositions. Such theologies need to be renounced but not in a reactionary method. In other words, how can we hear what these theologians and churchmen are saying and marry the call for reformation in the church with a sound biblical theology.
I believe that pastors and bloggers need to enter the fight and use this medium to turn this discussion into a win-win for the church.I am calling on the Neo-Calvinists, the Philosophy Bloggers, and the League of Reformed Bloggers to assist in doing the heavy lifting of problem solving to come up with the proper answer to the emergent church leaders real issues with the church……….
Is there a way to begin the discussion by defining the problem as an ecclesiological one? I believe if we together accept that the individualistic ecclesiology of the western church has lacked a biblical worldview of community, then, just maybe, we can begin to bring reformation to the church in a constructive and not entirely destructive manner.
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