Though I am sure Pilgrim will reply, I desire to post a word or two here;
Kalled2Preach states,
As far as I can tell, they proclaim Christ crucified and that He came to save sinners. What is unbiblical about that?
Which Christ, which saviour? For example in Leonard Sweet’s, (an Emergent theologian),
Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic we have him saying;
A surprisingly central feature of all the world’s religions is the language of light in communicating the divine and symbolizing the union of the human with the divine: Muhammed’s light-filled cave, Moses’ burning bush, Paul’s blinding light, Fox’s “inner light,” Krishna’s Lord of Light, Böhme’s light-filled cobbler shop, Plotinus’ fire experiences, Bodhisattvas with the flow of Kundalini’s fire erupting from their fontanelles, and so on.
It is exactly this “inner light” and the “union of the human with the divine” that Brian McLaren views in a “new kind” of Christian! This is the God of the ECM, is it your god, Kalled2Preach? (Isa 5:20).
Moreover, the depravity of this sect is seen in its
pantheistic worldview. Sweet again reveals the poison of the ECM saying,
Quantum spirituality bonds us to all creation as well as to other members of the human family. New Light pastors are what Arthur Peacocke calls “priests of creation”--earth ministers who can relate the realm of nature to God, who can help nurture a brother-sister relationship with the living organism called Planet Earth. This entails a radical doctrine of embodiment of God in the very substance of creation.
Thus, again we must ask which christ, which god, which mystic of the day?
Kalled2Preach states,
I really highly doubt that they are out to destroy us and our faith. This is nothing more than an unfounded personal attack on the men, and these have no place in the Christian community.
Statements such as these reveal your immaturity in Christ and your lack of knowledge of the very enemies of the Church. This is one of the reasons young Christians are to submit themselves to older mature Christians, so they will not fall prey to such heresy! (1 Peter 5:5). The ECM is as Pilgrim stated, “deliberate, calculated and well planned.” Satan is not stupid!
Kalled2Preach, what is the purpose of false theology other than to divide and
attempt to conquer the Church? What has no place in the Christian community in New Age blasphemy which is expounded by McLaren, Sweet, and “others.” The Scripture obligates true Christians to resist such blasphemy (2 Timothy 4:3-4).
On McLaren’s own website he is asked, “What do you believe about the Bible? Do you believe that it is the inerrant word of God?” His answer is: “About your last question,
I believe the Bible is uniquely authoritative for Christians.”… Do you see a problem? Is the Bible authoritative for non-Christians, Mr. McLaren? What does
uniquely mean Mr. McLaren? Do we really need to add to the Word of God, “extra-biblical paraphernalia, extra-sensory images, sounds, smells of candles and incense, silence, mystical meditation, making the sign of the cross, touching icons, statues of saints, rosary beads for Protestants, liturgy, yoga-like deep breathing—all for a full sensory immersion with the divine.” They borrow liturgical practices from the Orthodox, Lutheran, and Catholic Church and heavily from the traditions and views of Catholic Church Fathers. McLaren states, that not all people need to be Christians to follow Jesus. Some may be able to be "Buddhist or Hindu followers of Jesus.” As Ken Silva states, “It seems almost incredible to believe but the twin pythons of deception are attempting to strangle the Church of Jesus Christ in America by denying the very Word of God. On one side there is the Emergent Church Movement (ECM), wrapping itself around the Evangelical Church from within, and then there's the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), holding more and more Evangelical leaders in its grip from without.” If the ECM erodes the foundation of the Church--the Word of God--it is rightly called, “The Purpose-Driven Heresy.” We could go on and on, but time does not permit.