Subject: Emergent Church question |
Bible Note: Hi Hank, Thank you for the time you spent researching this. I think the article you selected to pass along to us was well-chosen indeed! I know that at various times in the past the Bible has been "re-interpreted", Christianity "re-invented", and the "mainstream church" takes yet another turn for the worse. And it would not surprise me if this were to be the lastest, and perhaps last such turn. Post-modern thinking is the subjective justification for ecumenicalism. I recently heard an interview with Bob Edgar, the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches. He was asked if he believed that salvation was in Jesus alone. He answered no, that if someone, by "accident of birth," was born into a "different tradition", God would not condemn them for it. I found it very interesting in this article that the same kind of wording was used, in stating the claims of the "emergent church" that people formulate truth as a result of their "tradition". Well, we know what Jesus said about placing man's traditions above the Word of God! I know that the true church is hidden within the "apparent church", and so it has been, and so it will be, until that day comes. I know that one day the "apparent church" will join with the harlot, and this may well be the openning of the door for them to do so. But I find comfort in knowing God's word is true: Isaiah 55:10-11 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring out and bud, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so shall My Word be, which goes out of My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall certainly do what I sent it to do. Love in Christ, Mark |