A Generous Orthodoxy is very good.stumpjumper said:If you are interested, I would read A Generous Orthodoxy by McLaren as it's a good overview of the thought in a certain section of that field...
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A Generous Orthodoxy is very good.stumpjumper said:If you are interested, I would read A Generous Orthodoxy by McLaren as it's a good overview of the thought in a certain section of that field...
JJB said:Who are these men?
Anyone here familiar with either of their teachings?
I was at an event where both of these men were speaking.
MikeMcK said:I bought Manning's book, "Ragamuffin Gospel" just to see what all of the fuss was about. I ended up throwing it in the trash.
It's just a bunch of New Age crap.
"Evangelicalism now resembles the breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia over the skies of Texas. Nothing but wreckage from one end of the horizon to the other, with each flaming piece trying to outdo the other in brightness before disappearing forever..."
Andy Eliason
JJB said:That was my impression of his talk. Sorry, all you Manning fans. I don't see why Christians are attracted to him. It mystifies me. If the local library has hs book, I may check it out. I do not desire the man to benefit from my hard-earned money.
I am noting similar patterns from posters in this thread, tho, which intrigues me:
The books that are read: ECF and moderns.
Ignoring the vast, important historical happenings in the 1500's. Then I wonder why are other eras skipped over.
This is an impression I get from the emergent, not necessarily from the friends who have posted in this thread: A need to find "the new" within "the old", a desire to be hip and fresh. Against what the bible tells us, there is nothing new under the sun. So, through this desire to be new and fresh, sneak through old, old heresies and paganism.
MikeMcK said:That's what I thought when I got the book. I truly thought I had bought the wrong book because it was reccommended so highly by people who are otherwise pretty trustworthy in their recommendations.
Now, it's lying in some Maryland landfill. My apologies to the landfill.
You nailed it, brother.
Do you listen to Way of the Master Radio, by any chance? Because the "emergent church" is a real hot button of theirs and they discuss it often.
JJB said:I don't listen to Way of the Master Radio, but I know who they are. I have been to their website, but that was awhile ago.
btw, I'm a sister. you're the second person recently who thought I was male. it's np. makes me laugh.
Alvin Plantinga, a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame whose books I've enjoyed. Plus with sunglasses, I think his pic is a cool avatar (IMHO, of course). As far as I know, I'm the only one with his pic as an avatar.JJB said:Tinker,
Who is your avatar? I don't recognize the person, altho I have seen him elsewhere around here.
MikeMcK said:Sorry. It's probably because your screen name looks like initials and most women don't go by initials. Unless somebody just has an especially girly name, I tend to assume that they're male, so please be patient with me if I make that same mistake in the future.
I recently had a long correspondance with Christian singer, Shaun Groves.
Growing up in an Irish family and having Irish friends, naturally, I'm used to seeing it spelled "Sean" and, other than Shaun Cassidy (Irish surname...hmmm...), the only "Shaun" I'd ever known was a girl. He was pretty patient about my misspelling his name, but he did eventually point it out to me.
Tinker Grey said:Then perhaps you should try Philip Yancey's What's so Amazing about Grace?