September 17, 2009
Emergent Heresy - A Warning
| Host: | Ingrid Schlueter |
| Guest: | Chris Rosebrough |
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Chris Rosebrough has a degree in Religious Studies and Biblical Language from Concordia University-Irvine and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. He's also the host of an Internet radio program called, "Fighting for the Faith".
Chris recently attended a conference in Chicago concerning the growing Emergent Church Movement. One leading emergent leader is Tony Jones, who is popularizing the thinking of German theologian Jurgen Moltmann from his 1964 book, Theology of Hope.
A key to understanding the "Emergent Movement" is their eschatology (the doctrine of last things). Moltmann bases his thinking on 19th century theologian/philosopher, G.W.F. Hegel. Hegel embraced contradiction, pitting a thesis against an antithesis with the outcome being a new synthesis.
As a result, Moltmann sees Christ's death and resurrection as two contradictory events. The resulting synthesis is a new world and a hope filled eschatology with no second coming or judgment. Thus "Emergent Theology" teaches that God is renewing the world; that the gospel is good news for everyone, so Christians need to stop telling people they are sinners in need of a Savior.
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