Comments on: McLarenism

By: The Change – NeoZine

The Change – NeoZine — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:41:55 +0000

[...] But unfortunately McLaren & Co. are "Emerging" as a revolution that quit before it began. He backed away from revolution, and now the parties are stalled in a "Conversation" with the world of ideas, still exploring and evolving, according to McLaren. He’s still undecided about what to fight for, and this will continue, he said at last week’s Malone College debate. He intends to find a neutral position and stand there now (read the NeoZine review). [...]

By: Keith McCallum

Keith McCallum — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:45:04 +0000

Thanks, both of you!

Neither speaker discussed salvation, as far as I could tell; I’m quite sure he never discussed a personal relationship with Christ, nor the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

However, McLaren is now writing a 7-book series on “The Ancient Way” which is all about returning to old liturgical practices, ancient Celtic rituals and other things from the Middle Ages. In this way we can build a “relationship” with Jesus Christ, he says. I’m getting ready to post another article on that issue.

But this new Age Christianity is really quite bizarre. Read about The Sublime at my blog and get an eye-opener.

By: Indre Howell

Indre Howell — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:31:07 +0000

I really appreciate the run-down of what McClaren said and your summary of it. I totally agree, that this sounds like old school liberal theology with very little substance to grab a hold of in order to apply to your life. Atleast from what was reported, it sounds like McClaren is just touting the basic thought that God is unknowable, therefore all we can do is "converse" about Him.
Question: Did he at all talk about a personal relationship with Christ and/or the Comforter? How does he propose to deal with or counsel to people’s pain?

By: Domanator

Domanator — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:32:42 +0000

Nice job on the article. It’s really good.