By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 8, 2007 in AM Missives, Current Issues, Emergent Church, Rob Bell
In Rob Bell Says “All-ee In Free…Almost” here at Apprising Ministries we showed you that Rob Bell preaches a universal atonement where everyone is already forgiven. In Velvet Elvis the Emergent Church leader writes: So this is reality, this forgiveness, this reconciliation, is true for everybody. Paul insisted that when Jesus died on the cross, […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 7, 2007 in Emergent Church, Marcus Borg
Marcus Borg tells us in Jesus And Buddha: The Parallel Sayings of which he is editor: I write as a Jesus scholar and a devoted non-exclusivist Christian. Buddhists might see matters differently and I know that some Christians would. But the cumulative product of my thinking and experience is the conclusion that Jesus and the […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 6, 2007 in AM Missives, Current Issues
New breed new evangelical—and some say of the Emergent Church—pastor and church planter Tadd Grandstaff has responded, in what might be described as a sticking fingers in one’s ears and yelling sort of way, to recent criticism by whining: I will no longer address my critics [period]. One thing I have learned about negative critics…they are always […]
By Ken Silva pastor-teacher on Dec 4, 2007 in Current Issues
You may recall the recent post Tadd Grandstaff: “I Hate Christians” here at Apprising Ministries, which introduced us to this new breed new evangelical church planter and pastor. As noted over at Tall Skinny Kiwi the blog of my ol’ Emergent Church bud Andrew Jones in Tom Brokaw on emerging church Grandstaff has recently come […]