Category Archives: Emergent

Funny Stuff, If It Were Not So Sad

Posted on May 13, 2010 by admin

  Relevant?  Fitting in with their culture?  This is how silly and crazy some Churches can get as they seek to identify with their culture, and supposedly do things to reach people.  Notice that the name of the Church is … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Contextualization, Emergent, Humor, Theological Error | 9 Comments

Paradox Lost – Part One

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Joe Stewart

Perhaps the best metaphor to describe the contemporary church, with apologies to John Milton, is Paradox Lost. Somewhere along the line many church leaders have forgotten what Randy Alcorn calls the grace and truth paradox.[i] We must be full of … Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Contextualization, Emergent | 7 Comments

Merritt and the ACLU On Same Page

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Robin Foster

Below is a post from guest contributor Tim Guthrie. Tim is Senior Pastor of Arlington Baptist Church in Knoxville Tennessee. To comment on this post, you can go to Tim’s blog here. USA Today ran an article by Jonathan Merritt … Continue reading →

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The Road Repeatedly Travelled

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Scott Gordon

While reading Henry M. Morris’ The Long War Against God, I was struck by this quote of Frederick Gregory: The theological reconcilers appeared in at least three guises. Some believed that importing evolution into theology, while it would change some … Continue reading →

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Abandoning Doctrinal Fidelity for the Lowest Common Denominator

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Robin Foster

While attending the FBC Jacksonville Pastor’s conference, the events of last week have weighed heavily on my mind. Namely what our site, SBCToday, should be about. The resource managers have primarily taken up the cause of the nearly forgotten doctrines … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Baptist Identity, BF&M, Convictions, Cooperation, Ecclesiology, Ecumenical, egalitarianism, Emergent, Great Commission Resurgence, IMB Issues, Inerrancy, Postmodernism, SBC, SBC Issues | 153 Comments

The Local Church as the Authority of Baptism

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Robin Foster

In this article by John Mann, he explores the idea of whether there can be a true church without the proper administration of the ordinances. For the Anabaptist , the atrophied doctrine among Rome, Wittenberg, and Geneva was a biblical … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Baptist Identity, BF&M, Emergent, SBC Issues | 161 Comments

Evangelism Debate and Emergent Realities

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Scott Gordon

Today we have the privilege of sharing with you an essay written by Shannon Johnson concerning the differing views of evangelism between classical theology and the emergent conversation. She is a student at the University of Tennessee and daughter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Emergent, Evangelism, Guest Author | 50 Comments