Girded with Truth » Doug Pagitt 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= 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 ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/02/08/goodbye-emergent-church/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 ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2010/01/13/contextual-theology-falling-from-truth-through-emerging-church/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 ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/13/catholic-mysticism-in-the-emerging-church/feed/ 0 A Call Back To Truth http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/02/a-call-back-to-truth/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/09/02/a-call-back-to-truth/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:15:23 +0000 Karen http://girdedwithtruth.org/?p=3738 An interview, conducted September 2007, with theologian John MacArthur, about the state of the church, heralding a call back to truth of the pure Word of God (Proverbs 30:5-6), of which is a timely reminder with regard to today’s Emergent Church “Emergence Christianity” …

A Call Back To Truth

While Martin [Continue reading ...]

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By Jan Markell

A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to the 21st century. In the late 20th century, certain leaders came out stating that we needed a “new way of doing church.” That old time religion wasn’t good enough. So in came new gimmicks replacing the solid gospel. We have [Continue reading ...]

]]> http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/07/05/emergent-church-emergence-christianity/feed/ 0 Warnings about the Emergent Church Movement http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/06/11/warnings-about-the-emergent-church-movement/ http://www.girdedwithtruth.org/2009/06/11/warnings-about-the-emergent-church-movement/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:06:51 +0000 Karen http://defendingtruth.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/warnings-about-the-emergent-church-movement/ Here we have Rob Bell teaching, indeed, expounding

the benefits of breathing in Yoga!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z6jAXuSaYI

“How would you feel if your pastor tried to teach you breathing exercises specific to prayer? What if he told you that your deepest fear [Continue reading ...]

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The Evangelization of Eucharistic Adoration

The Roman Catholic Church has a plan to establish the Kingdom of God here on Earth and win the world to the Roman Catholic Jesus – the Eucharist Christ. It is believed the “triumph of the Eucharist” will be accomplished when the world (including the separated [Continue reading ...]

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