Girded with Truth » Brian McLaren http://www.girdedwithtruth.org "Your Word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path" ~ Psalm 119:105 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:59:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Muslims Are Not Happy http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2011/07/30/muslims-are-not-happy/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2011/07/30/muslims-are-not-happy/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:51:40 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=10546 The Bottom Line: Muslims Are Not Happy

They’re not happy in Gaza.

They’re not happy in Egypt.

They’re not happy in Libya.

They’re not happy in Morocco.

They’re not happy in Iran.

They’re not happy in Iraq.

They’re not happy in [Continue reading ...]

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by Tim Challies

It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote about Brian McLaren and got in trouble. Reflecting on seeing him speak at a nearby church, I suggested that he appears to love Jesus but hate [Continue reading ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/18/a-new-kind-of-christianity/feed/ 2 Universalism: Gospel Message of Emergent & New Age Spirituality http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/18/universalism-gospel-message-of-emergent-new-age-spirituality/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/18/universalism-gospel-message-of-emergent-new-age-spirituality/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:54:33 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=7908 by Sola Sisters

One of the greatest misconceptions today is that the New Age Movement of the 80’s and 90’s is (1) a thing of the past and (2) has nothing whatsoever in common with Christianity. Nothing could be further from the truth on either count. Let me explain.

Most Americans [Continue reading ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/18/universalism-gospel-message-of-emergent-new-age-spirituality/feed/ 0 Goodbye Emergent Church http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/08/goodbye-emergent-church/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/08/goodbye-emergent-church/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:15:17 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=7475 Goodbye Emergent: Why I’m Taking The Theology of the Emerging Church To Task

writes Jeremy Bouma …

I’m not exactly sure when my saucy love affair with emergent and liberal Christianity ended. My “I don’t” isn’t as crystalized as my “I do.” Maybe [Continue reading ...]

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Apologists Josh McDowell (sitting) and Dave Sterrett (standing) explain to audience members why Christians should be careful when listening to Oprah Winfrey’s spiritual teachings at an event hosted by McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Va., on Friday, January 22, 2010.

Persuasive, influential and does a lot of [Continue reading ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/01/christian-apologists-be-careful-of-oprahs-spiritual-teachings/feed/ 0 Contextual Theology – Falling from Truth through Emerging Church http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/01/13/contextual-theology-falling-from-truth-through-emerging-church/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/01/13/contextual-theology-falling-from-truth-through-emerging-church/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:00:22 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=6571 By Roger Oakland

In order for the emerging church to succeed, the Bible has to be looked at through entirely different glasses, and Christianity needs to be open to a new type of faith. Brian McLaren calls this new faith a “generous orthodoxy.”1 While such an orthodoxy allows a smorgasbord of [Continue reading ...]

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Thus, Islamic Sharia law was officially adopted in Britain with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government had quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases [Continue reading ...]

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By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent

TEHRAN, IRAN (Worthy News)– Two young women who converted from Islam to Christianity may face execution or at least life imprisonment after an Iranian court officially charged them with “apostasy” and “propagation of the Christian faith”, trial observers [Continue reading ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/10/11/two-women-converted-from-islam-may-face-execution/feed/ 0 Emergent Pattern – Understand The Times – Roger Oakland http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/25/emergent-pattern-understand-the-times-roger-oakland/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/25/emergent-pattern-understand-the-times-roger-oakland/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:29:59 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=5648 Roger Oakland’s ministry “Understand The Times” has been such a blessing in my walk with the Lord. Here he explains the Emergent Pattern of The Emergent Church, a seeker friendly Christian movement touted to be the “New” Christianity for the Post-Modern World. But is the Emergent Church really a fresh approach to teaching [Continue reading ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/25/emergent-pattern-understand-the-times-roger-oakland/feed/ 0 Catholic Mysticism in The Emerging Church http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/13/catholic-mysticism-in-the-emerging-church/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/13/catholic-mysticism-in-the-emerging-church/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:00:50 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=4715 Richard Bennett, a former Roman Catholic Priest … “Catholic Mysticism and the Emerging Church may be one of the most important topics that we have addressed. Catholic mysticism has helped mightily to transform the New Age Movement from being counter-culture to being embraced by Evangelicals, and Western civilization as [Continue reading ...]

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