Category: Emergent Church

DAN KIMBALL REFORMED »

KAREN WARD ON “ABBESS POWERS” AND THE “‘THEOLOGY’” OF BREWING BEER »

AS IT CONCERNS FREE WILL OR THE BONDAGE OF THE WILL »

In the Apprising Ministries post Man-Centered Gospel vs. God-Centered Gospel we discussed what is meant by our use of these particular terms. A man-centered gospel is the belief that the determining factor in whether or not a man is eternally saved, in the end, relies (at some level) upon an act of his own will […]

ROB BELL: EX-MHBC’ER SPEAKS *UPDATED* »

Earlier today I received an email here at Apprising Ministries from someone who used to attend Mars Hill Bible Church, the emerging church where Rob Bell is teaching pastor.

AN MHBC MEMBER DEFENDS ROB BELL *UPDATE* »

A WORD ABOUT CHRISTIAN CONFLICT »

DOUG PAGITT AND THE EMERGING CHURCH SYNTHESIZING THE BEST—OR PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT THEY LIKE? »

MARCUS BORG: BUDDHA WAS BORN AGAIN »

In this excerpt from Reading The Bible Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg the non-exclusivist and progressive Christian teaches that the allegedly enlightened Buddha was born “from above” and “of the Spirit”—in other words, [he was] “born again.” Of course to get to this blasphemous idea first we first have to reinterpret/reimagine/repaint…frankly, more […]

EMERGING MARTYROLOGY »

A DIFFERENT GOSPEL IN THE EMERGING CHURCH AND THE NEW EVANGELICALISM? »

The following here at Apprising Ministries is adapted from Recovering Reformation Theology: Rejecting Synergism and Returning to Monergism (RRT) by Bob DeWaay at Critical Issues Commentary. DeWaay is pastor of Twin City Fellowship “a non-denominational evangelical Church located…in St. Louis Park, MN.”

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