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Jesus of Testimony

February 20, 2014 By ELLIOTT NESCH

An indispensible look at the Jesus of history and the Jesus of the Bible. . . Jesus of Testimony is hands down the best and most comprehensive look at the historical Jesus.

- Greg West, The Poached Egg, Ratio Christi’s Christian Worldview and Apologetics Network

For more information, visit the official Jesus of Testimony page. Did Jesus really exist? If so, what can we know about Him historically? For any Christian, the historicity of Jesus isn’t merely a matter of curiosity. The Christian faith is dependent upon the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus as historical reality. But how can we know if the Jesus of the the Gospels is historical or legendary? Jesus of Testimony answers many of the important questions for skeptics as well as Christians in the area of Christian apologetics. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Apologetics, Bart Ehrman, Canon, Faith, Gospel, HBP Films, Healing, Jesus, Jesus Myth, Kingdom of God, Manuscript Evidence, Miracles, New Testament Studies, Orality, Papias, Paul the Apostle, Peter the Apostle, Prophecy, Repentance, Textual Criticism

Church of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker-Sensitive, Church Growth & New World Order

November 19, 2012 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Can the Church borrow the marketing tools of the world and apply them to the Church? What is the history of the Church Growth movement and its false premises? Who is involved in the new evangelicalism and second reformation? Why are these movements embracing contemplative mysticism? How does this movement play into the New World Order? These questions and more are answered in Church of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker-Sensitive, Church Growth & New World Order.

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Filed Under: Bill Hybels, Bob Buford, Brian McLaren, Church Growth, Contemplative Prayer, Emergent Church, HBP Films, Islam, Mysticism, New Apostolic Reformation, Perry Noble, Peter Drucker, Purpose Driven, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick

The Real Roots of the Emergent Church

January 25, 2012 By ELLIOTT NESCH

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.

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