Someone has asked me if I thought if the emerging church movement, like Mars Hill and Mars Hill Grand Rapids, will have any positive change in the cultural movement on Sunday mornings that I wrote about in my last blog.
My answer is yes and no. I do like the way this church model does look at ways of doing church differently. They tend to be more interactive, engaged in their communities, and very much "in tune" to what the post modern philosophy teaches and the influence it has in our society.
However, what is disappointing and concerning to me is that there is within some of the emerging church movement a walking away from traditional theological and doctrinal
Truth that the Bible clearly teaches. There are some pastors that are very open to defining who God is (Father and Son, somehow the Holy Spirit always gets left out of the discussion) and what is needed for salvation. It has become based on their own personal experiences and what the post-modern philosophy preaches: it doesn't matter who you worship, what matters is that you are a devoted spiritual and religious person. You can be a Muslim, Buddhist, New Ager, Hindu, and so on. After all, we are all really worshipping the same God, just in different ways. God does not give us that choice.
In an attempt to be relevant to culture they have compromised on Truth as written in the Bible. It is too bad. As Christians we have the Truth and we do not need to be ashamed or embarrassed about it. Instead we need to stand up for what the Truth is. We need to talk and explain the Truth in a loving and respectful manner to people that God loves and wants a relationship with. We need to communicate the Gospel in a way that glorifies God to our culture and let God take it from there.
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