Tag Archives: Emergent Church

Slouching toward Soylent Green?

From One News Now from March 30, 2011: According to a Florida-based pro-life organization, a biotech company is using aborted fetal cell lines to test food flavor enhancers. Debi Vinnedge, executive director of Children of God for Life, is calling for … Continue reading

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“Paul never quoted Jesus!” (2nd Corinthians)

Part four of our series, enlightening the one who draws near to Jesus with their lips, while their hearts are far from Him. 2nd Corinthians 1:3-5–Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies … Continue reading

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“Paul never quoted Jesus!” (Romans part 2)

The second installment of this series showing the ignorant and scoffer the many times when Paul did, in fact, quote the things said by our Lord–albeit, perhaps, not word-for-word. We continue in Romans. Romans 9:3-5–For I could wish that I … Continue reading

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Lectio Divina

Lectio Divina, the new rage of the Emergent Church as they run pell mell back to Rome.  The subject itself is very serious but sometimes laughter is much needed medicine to the soul.  In this light, I’ve included a link here for your listening enjoyment.  … Continue reading

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Roman Catholic Mysticism and the Emerging Church Reexamined

A very important presentation by Richard Bennett from Bearean Beacon given to an audience in London about Roman Catholic mysticism and its promotion by the Emerging/Emergent Church.  From the YouTube posting we read: Mysticism attempts to gain ultimate knowledge of God … Continue reading

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The 4 Pastors

The following fictional scenarios depict four types of today’s pastors. But the question is, how much is fiction, how much is fact? The emerging pastor The emerging pastor felt a little insulted that only 4 people showed up for the … Continue reading

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Rob Bell invites heretical mystic woman to speak

  Phyllis Tickle (She’s the one on the right. And yes, that’s her name, and that’s what she does to the ears) was invited to speak at a pagan shrine in Grand Rapids, MI recently. The shrine to the gods is headed … Continue reading

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Baal worship, then and now.

The following excellent piece was written by Matt Barber and was found on WorldNetDaily: Modern-day liberals – or “progressives” as they more discreetly prefer – labor under an awkward misconception; namely, that there is anything remotely “progressive” about the fundamental … Continue reading

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Sermon of the week: “Whatever Happened to Christian Unity?” by Phil Johnson.

Your sermon of the week is Whatever Happened to Christian Unity? by Phil Johnson. This is a fantastic message on what Jesus really prayed for when He prayed for the unity of Believers. Not only does Phil Johnson do a … Continue reading

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What is your pastor serving?

Chris Roseborough of Extreme Theology created this great postcard. I am certain that the faithful readers of DefCon will love it.

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Dan Kimball’s “They Like Jesus but not the Church.”

Emergent pastor Dan Kimball makes some good points in this 7 minute video, as do other Emergent leaders from time to time (like leaving the “bubble” and reaching out to those on the outside). But as usual it doesn’t take … Continue reading

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