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Silly Conversations

March 24th, 2010 | 9 Comments

Silly Conversations

The Emergent Village is famous for upgrading Christianity with secular postmodernism. For all its brilliance, their "conversation" seems fairly infantile. Check out the podcast...

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Are You or Were You a Gonner?

January 13th, 2010 | 11 Comments

Are You or Were You a Gonner?

A new book called "Already Gone" reveals startling, new statistics about the growing irrelevance of American Christianity for younger people. There are solutions, however. … Read entire article »

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‘Christian Nation’ Reversal

August 11th, 2009 | Add a Comment

At last we can identify a turnaround from the "Christian America" movement...and John Calvin is paving the way? … Read entire article »

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The Early Marriage Controversy

August 5th, 2009 | 18 Comments

The Early Marriage Controversy

Christianity Today publishes an article about the growing fear of marriage among Christians. … Read entire article »

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McLarenism

March 31st, 2009 | 5 Comments

We attended a large gathering of fascinated onlookers seeking to know and feel the real Brian McLaren, a legendary figure in the Emergent Church -- and he did not disappoint. … Read entire article »

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Can They Be Rescued?

December 19th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Can the Millenial Generation be rescued from their fate often described by the press and many social scientists today? Kathryn Hughes presents the research and also some interesting results from our work at Xenos with the Millenial Generation. … Read entire article »

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The ‘Restless Reformed’

June 18th, 2008 | 13 Comments

We love our Reformed brethren like Mark Driscoll, guest speaker at XSI, but we wince at the evangelists of Reformed theology! (See John Piper's eloquent sermon at Mars Hill.) Irregardless, it is useful to know the lively history of theology and its powerful impact on Christian lives today. It raises a simple question: haven't we seen enough of those Medieval Church Institutions? … Read entire article »

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The Emergent Church

June 17th, 2008 | 2 Comments

In the NeoZine's review of The Meeting House last year, the Emergent Church entered the discussion because Bruxy Cavey was using Brian McLaren's endorsement in his new book. Dennis McCallum posted an extended comment which affirms that the Meeting House is not theologically-aligned with the Emergent Village. Dennis continues with a useful critique of the Emergent movement, which we now publish here in article format. He quotes from Driscoll, who will be speaking at the upcoming summer institute. … Read entire article »

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The Laodicean Revolution

January 26th, 2007 | 2 Comments

Barna's Latest Book Ominous ‘Revolution’ Know this: George Barna’s latest book on the future of Christianity depicts a nightmare. It’s a future already in full-swing all around us. It’s Laodicean Christianity with a smile. Barna calls this population of compromised Christians “Revolutionaries” and has written a book ominously warning the rest of us to quit [...] … Read entire article »

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Failed Spiritual Values

December 7th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Ed.Note: This article distills material from Christian apologist Josh McDowell (you can listen to the Broadcast). McDowell provides objective evidence about the failure of Christian parents to transmit spiritual values to their kids. This failure in parental leadership laid a foundation for the recent rise of the Emergent Church. Unfortunately, McDowell’s conclusion that dads need [...] … Read entire article »

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