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3rd Edition Now Available: Hath God Said? Emergent Church Theology

January 2, 2015 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Hath God Said? Emergent Church Theology (3rd ed.) is now available: free PDF, paperback available for order from HBP or CreateSpace, Kindle Edition available from Kindle.

In this new edition, content has been added and updated (now 300 pages). Major additions include a chapter entitled “A Better Atonement,” and a section entitled, “The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints.”

The labels Emergent Church, Emerging Church, Emergence Christianity, and New Christianity all imply innovative and progressive understandings of Orthodox Christianity. Like nailing jello to a wall, many have attempted to understand and define the Emergent movement only to be frustrated and confused.

At the heart of the Emerging movement is the worldview of postmodernism which teaches that truth is relative and subjective. This book by Elliott Nesch demonstrates how postmodernism is incompatible with a biblical worldview of absolute truth and the authority of the Scriptures on various topics including feminism, homosexuality, hell, mysticism, eschatology, Jesus Christ and the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and more.

In Hath God Said? - Emergent Church Theology, the teachings of the Emergent movement are exposed in light of Scripture. Also by comparing early Church writings with Emergent writings, it becomes evident that the Emerging Church is not preaching the faith once delivered to the saints.

Filed Under: Apologetics, Apostasy, Bill Hybels, Bob Buford, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Deception, Deity of Christ, Early Church, Emergent Church, Eschatology, Fascism, Feminism, Gay Agenda, Gospel, Headcoverings, Hell, Holy Spirit, Homosexuality, Islam, Jay Bakker, Jesus, Judgment, Kingdom of God, Mark Driscoll, Meditation, Message Bible, Modesty, Mysticism, New Age, Peter Drucker, Philip Yancey, Phyllis Tickle, Postmodernity, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Salvation, Septuagint, Shane Claiborne, Sin, Tattoos, Tony Campolo, Women

Church of Tares, Updated 3 Hour Director’s Cut

September 28, 2014 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Below is the updated 3 hour director’s cut of Church of Tares:

See how the best business practices of management guru Peter Drucker have been borrowed by Rick Warren, Bill Hybels and Bob Buford to build influential megachurches. Updated material includes a biblical examination of the office of “celebrity pastor,” the unbiblical practice of “vision casting,” how the Purpose Driven and Seeker Driven movements treat detractors, the Purpose Driven Continent of Africa, the use of non-profit pulpits to sell books and more on “Chrislam.” This information is especially vital to those who follow Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Bob Buford, Andy Stanley, Steven Furtick, Perry Noble, Mark Driscoll, Ed Young Jr., Mark Batterson, James MacDonald and others within the movement.

This editions will also be available on DVD in approximately 2 weeks (Lord willing). You may order online or contact us for a complimentary copy if you are unable to view online. To support these efforts and future projects you can pray for us, make a donation, or help translate subtitles into other languages. Thank you for your support!

Filed Under: Bill Hybels, Bob Buford, Brian McLaren, C. Peter Wagner, Church Growth, Contemplative Prayer, Elders, Emergent Church, Entertainment, Islam, Leadership, Mark Driscoll, Mysticism, Perry Noble, Peter Drucker, Purpose Driven, Repentance, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick, Vision Casting, Willow Creek

Real Roots of the Emergent Church Documentary: Updated!

April 28, 2014 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Here is the 3-hour Updated Director’s Cut of The Real Roots of the Emergent Church documentary:

Because diversity characterizes the Emergent Church movement, it is difficult to paint everyone in the movement with a broad brush. Some have observed that defining the Emergent Church is like nailing jello to a wall. All participants agree on their disillusionment with the institutional church, but do not all agree on where the church is destined to go from here. They share a common concern with many evangelicals over the state of the modern church, especially the mega-church phenomenon and “seeker-friendly” churches. For this reason, many evangelicals who observe the Emerging Church are fascinated by it, drawn to its creative approaches to worship, genuineness of many of the leaders and desire to reach Gen Xers. However, these evangelicals fail to look beyond it to understand its underlying theology, or lack thereof. [Read more...]