Salvation

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...]

Filed Under: Bill Hybels, Bob Buford, Brian McLaren, Contemplative Prayer, Emergent Church, Eschatology, Feminism, Gay Agenda, Gospel, Hell, Homosexuality, Islam, Jay Bakker, Judgment, Kingdom of God, Mark Driscoll, Meditation, Mysticism, New Age, Peter Drucker, Postmodernity, Prayer, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Roman Catholicism, Salvation, Sin, Tony Campolo, U2/Bono, Universalism, Willow Creek, Women

Our Father’s Memorial Service Message

February 17, 2014 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Below is a video of the latter half of my father’s memorial service on February 14, 2014. My dad passed away early on February 10, 2014, with family and a special friend nearby, completing a seven month journey of life with esophageal cancer. My brother Ethan and I carried a burden for our father to come to know the Lord and we have much hope that the Lord completed that work in him. We love and will miss our dad greatly. He requested that I share some words at his service. Many who were not able to come had requested to hear, so I have posted the message below:

Filed Under: Cross of Christ, Death, Eternity, Forgiveness, Glory, Gospel, Healing, Hell, Jesus, Judgment, Love, Repentance, Resurrection, Salvation, Sermons, Sin

Coming Soon: JESUS OF TESTIMONY

November 28, 2013 By ELLIOTT NESCH

Coming soon: Jesus of Testimony (a film by my brother Ethan and I in the works for the last 3 years). Here is the trailer below and description:

Jesus Of Testimony Trailer from Nesch Bros on Vimeo.

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.

In Part 1: Lord or Legend, the historicity of Jesus Christ is demonstrated by the important non-Christian historical sources that are available to us today. Part 2: Are the Gospels Reliable? examines the historical reliability of the Gospels as eyewitness testimony to the life of Jesus. Part 3: Miracles provides strong evidence that miracles happen today and happened in history. In Part 4: The Testimony of Prophecy, many of the Old Testament messianic prophecies are quoted along with their New Testament fulfillments which establish a solid confirmation of Jesus’ credentials as the Messiah. In Part 5: The Resurrection - Fact or Fiction? the case is presented for the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Finally, Part 6: The Good News concludes that the portrayal of Jesus in the Gospels, dependent on eyewitness testimony, is more plausible than the alternative hypotheses of its modern detractors and presents the Jesus’ message of the Gospel.

The participants in the film include many of todays top Christian apologists, authors and scholars including Richard Bauckham, Craig Blomberg, Michael Brown, Paul Eddy, Steve Gregg, Gary Habermas, Craig Keener, Mike Licona, Dan Wallace and Ben Witherington III.

Cast biographies, more info, and DVD pre-orders available on the website:

JesusofTestimony.com

We hope to have it released in January of 2014. DVD copies are available for Pre-Order on the website. The feature film will be available online upon release and will also be freely distributed on DVD for those who are unable to purchase.

Have you or somebody you know been healed from sickness, blindness, deafness or raised from the dead in Jesus’s name? For this film, Jesus of Testimony, we are currently looking for 2-3 testimonies from Christians who have experienced miracles, preferably with medical documentation, who would be willing to be interviewed. Because this project is intended for skeptics and unbelievers, we will be very critical as to whether or not any given miraculous testimony would be worthwhile to include. If so, contact us at [email protected]