Mars Hill Pastor Ditches 'Emerging' Label for Jesus

29thCOA »

Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:05 pm Agree: 5   Disagree: 6

I find it quite disturbing myself to see Christians defaulting to labels that have but one purpose.... to defame and to silence by building the case with groups of believers into a modern day version of the label heretic, and then dismissing everything anyone says that they can stick that label on.

My personal experience has shown me that people who resort to the afrementioned tactics as well as being dismissive while showing no interest or intellectual honesty by actually examining what is being said, tend to have very weak beliefs. They rely on a herd menatality of commonly accepted doctrines, and then surround themselves with people who do nothing but agree with them.

This so called emergent church is scary to fundamentalists who have forgotten how to think on thier own and to challenge their own faith with God and in Jesus Christ. If a person is solid n their walk and relationship with God, they would follow what the bible says about judging others (labels and groups) and be Berans themselves.