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Notes
on the Apostle John’s Epistles
Taken at a Bible Study Led
by Walt Henrichsen
In San Francisco, 10-14 March 2008
Books
About the Emerging Church
Becoming
Conversant with the Emerging Church (認識新興教會),
by Don Carson (卡森)
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Walt Henrichsen encourages people to read this book,
because he says Carson is very even, very charitable and
addresses a lot of questions, but he’s also very strong in
his position that you cannot compromise with the Bible.
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The book is very scholarly and starts by examining the
strengths of the Emerging Church: it’s good at reading the
times and knowing that the presentation of the Gospel must
change with the times; it values authenticity (確實性);
it recognizes that the Church is within a cultural context and
cannot be removed from it; it places high value on evangelism;
it looks at tradition and seeks to build a faith that is
rooted in the past while still being relevant to the present.
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Referring specifically to McLaren's A
Generous Orthodoxy and Chalke's The
Lost Message of Jesus, Carson says: “I have to
say, as kindly but as forcefully as I can, that to my mind, if
words mean anything, both McLaren and Chalke have largely
abandoned the gospel. Perhaps their rhetoric and enthusiasm
have led them astray and they will prove willing to reconsider
their published judgments on these matters and embrace
biblical truth more holistically than they have been doing in
their most recent works. But if not, I cannot see how their
own words constitute anything less than a drift toward
abandoning the gospel itself.” (p.186-7)
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If you don’t have time to read the whole book, you
can also read summaries and reviews on the Internet: Summaries
and reviews on Amazon, Short
summary and review by Paul Alexander or do your own Google
search.
Faith
Undone, by Roger Oakland of Understanding
the Times International
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This book, published by Lighthouse
Trails Publishing, aims to expose the dangers of the
Emerging Church movement from a Biblical perspective,
including its retreat to Roman Catholicism with its ancient
rituals and practices, contemplative spirituality and
mysticism and its unbiblical view of Hell, the Atonement,
missions, evangelism and prophecy.
It also identifies some key leaders of the Emerging
Church movement
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The book is helpful for normal folks to understand
what’s going on behind the scenes, but Walt Henrichsen does
not personally feel comfortable with one of Oakland’s ideas
that people are guilty by association.
He also doesn’t seem to like Oakland’s exposé (逸聞)
style.
Internet
Articles and News About
the Emerging Church
Lighthouse
Trails Research Project
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Has a large database of articles by conservative
authors about developments related to contemplative
spirituality, the Emerging Church, the Purpose Drive Movement,
New Age, Post-Modernism, etc.
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Provides a free weekly e-mail newsletter; some examples
of useful articles are:
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Specifically warns of the following EC leaders: Dan
Kimball, Brian McLaren, Youth Specialties, Zondervan
Publishers, Rick Warren, Mark Driscoll, Doug Pagitt, Tony
Jones, Ruth Haley Barton
Understanding
the Times – An international missionary outreach founded
by Roger Oakland in 1990 and dedicated to evangelizing the
lost and equipping the church for discernment (especially to
expose the Emerging Church)
Congdon
Ministries Int’l, Inc., led by Dr. Rob Congdon, who
speaks regularly about the European Union and the Emerging
Church on Prophecy Today
and in churches across the U.S.
Audio
About
the Emerging Church
Prophecy Today
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Includes articles and radio interviews with guest
speakers on topics relating to current events and Bible
prophecy, including information and news about the Emerging
Church (usually from Rob Congdon)
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Two 6-minute radio interviews with Dr. Rob Congdon can
be downloaded in mp3 format:
Understanding
the Times
Dr. John MacArthur on YouTube
Video
About
the Emerging Church
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