We need to know the arguments so that we can refute them effectively, and reading what someone says about the arguments doesn't give you a real clear picture of what the argument is really saying.
So what sayeth the Horse’s Mouth? In A Generous Orthodoxy, McLaren states, “I am a Christian because I have a sustained and sustaining confidence in Jesus Christ.” However, McLaren goes further saying, there are “Seven Jesus” on pages 43-67:
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The Conservative Protestant Jesus The Pentecostal/Charismatic Jesus The Roman Catholic Jesus The Eastern Orthodox Jesus The Liberal Protestant Jesus The Anabaptist Jesus The Jesus of the Oppressed
Now, he sums up his “impressions” in a table on pages 64-65 and though he states it is incomplete it is worth noting (see attachment).
How does this heretic characterize “Calvinism?” He states, his view of Calvinism [referring to God moving pieces on a chess board], “folds much (not all) of today’s Calvinism into a broader way of thinking called “Determinism,” which says that ultimately our freedom is an illusion, and that we’re just puppets of one sort or the other” (page 186). Though in another place he seems kinder to Calvinism, his misunderstanding of Calvinism is apparent. McLaren sees himself as Reformed, because he claims he is always reforming.
Do we really need more to evaluate him? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bash.gif" alt="" />
