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Wisdom Literature and the Emerging Church, or Where do we go from here?

By aly hawkins ⋅ November 30, 2006 ⋅ 11 comments

I’ve read about a bazillion books about the emerging church, and they’ve all kind of run together in the disordered maelstrom that is my brain pan. Consequently, I can’t remember exactly where I read the suggestion that the Bible’s “wisdom literature” (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs) could have special value to postmodern-type people [...]

Deconstruct this

By phil ⋅ November 18, 2006 ⋅ 18 comments

I have an experiment for you to try.
Here is the wikipedia article on deconstruction.
As you read it, wherever you see the word “deconstruction”, substitute “emerging church”.  Wherever you see the word “philosophy” or “meaning” or related terms, substitute the word “theology” .
And, wherever you see the word “text”, substitute the word “bible”.
It won’t be a [...]

Retrofitted Christianity?

By phil ⋅ November 15, 2006 ⋅ One comment

I’d like to introduce you to a couple of people you may not know.
One is Mark D. Roberts, a blogging presbyterian pastor, who is a seriously thoughtful guy.  (Remember, I’m the guy who was bashing mainline denominations recently.)  I have enormous respect for the man, and his writing.  His book on praying through the Psalms, [...]

McLaren Just Killed Santa Claus

By grammy ⋅ November 11, 2006 ⋅ 62 comments

So I just finished the third book of Brian McLaren’s trilogy (The Last Word and the Word After That) and my brain hurts.
Here’s the best way to describe what I’m feeling right now: I’m nine years old and it’s December 20. I’ve known for oh, about five years that there really is no [...]

Letters to U.S. Christians

By aly hawkins ⋅ October 31, 2006 ⋅ 46 comments

Brian McLaren has invited Christians from around the world to write letters to Christians in the U.S. The effort is just getting started, but there are already some thoughtful insights from the UK, Malaysia and South Africa.

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