The November 2008 issue of the Gospel Advocate magazine features several articles on "The Emerging Church Movement." Evidently, when the Advocate, a Churches of Christ publication, sold all the paper copies of this one, they chose to temporarily post the feature articles on the Web. I haven't had the chance to read them yet. I suspect that they will mainly disapprove. But it should be interesting to hear the various takes.
Last spring, I did a few posts about the Ascension of Christ: a little complaining about how the biblical teaching has been overlooked, and then some of the teaching itself. More recently, Wade Hodges has published in New Wineskins magazine the best thing I've ever read on the topic. Take a look at the article Hail to the King!
A couple years ago, Restoration Quarterly published a very informative and challenging article by Evertt Huffard. Since then, RQ has begun to make some articles from their back issues available on the Web. I'm glad they chose to include this one by Huffard: "When Scholarship Goes South: Biblical Scholarship and Global Trends."
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Monday, April 10, 2006
Emerging Churches?
This just in from the Things-That-Make-You-Go-Hummm Department: A bumper sticker spotted today says, "Home improvement begins with a King James Bible"
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Later this year (August, to be exact) IVP Academic Press will release a new book by Ray Anderson, who teaches theology at Fuller Seminary in California. The title: "An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches." The following is the book's table of contents:
Preface: What Has Antioch to Do with Jerusalem?
1. It's About Theology, Not Geography
2. It About Christ, Not Just Christology
3. It's About the Spirit, Not Just Spirituality
4. It's About the Right Gospel, Not Just the Right Polity
5. It's About Kingdom Living, Not Kingdom Building
6. It's About the Work of God, Not Just the Word of God
7. It's About the Law of Love, Not the Letter of the Law
8. It's About Community of the Spirit, Not Just the Gifts of the Spirit
9. It's About Mission, Not Just About Ministry
10. It's About the Church Ahead of Us, Not Only the Church Behind Us
I haven't read the book, but churches that style themselves "emergent," I suspect, are fortunate to have someone like Anderson providing clarification and giving some expression to what they're about and why. This should be an interesting and challenging read.
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Later this year (August, to be exact) IVP Academic Press will release a new book by Ray Anderson, who teaches theology at Fuller Seminary in California. The title: "An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches." The following is the book's table of contents:
Preface: What Has Antioch to Do with Jerusalem?
1. It's About Theology, Not Geography
2. It About Christ, Not Just Christology
3. It's About the Spirit, Not Just Spirituality
4. It's About the Right Gospel, Not Just the Right Polity
5. It's About Kingdom Living, Not Kingdom Building
6. It's About the Work of God, Not Just the Word of God
7. It's About the Law of Love, Not the Letter of the Law
8. It's About Community of the Spirit, Not Just the Gifts of the Spirit
9. It's About Mission, Not Just About Ministry
10. It's About the Church Ahead of Us, Not Only the Church Behind Us
I haven't read the book, but churches that style themselves "emergent," I suspect, are fortunate to have someone like Anderson providing clarification and giving some expression to what they're about and why. This should be an interesting and challenging read.
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