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Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

bificalglasses — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:14:47 -0000

Thank you for your information!

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Just a Frog — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:58:33 -0000

How about, The emerging church is Apostate?

Or, I believe it is TRUE that there Is no absolute TRUTH

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Christian Church Pastor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:12:33 -0000

Perhaps they are ever learning, but never coming to the knowledge of the truth.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Carlos Rizzon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:05:55 -0000

Hi my name is Carlos and just planting a " church" here in Brazil called Igreja Urbana (Urban Church), We don't call ourselves Emergent, but what you wrote is realistic and funny and I could add up a few things in my own context, some said that I would serve beer and ply secular music in the services, funny though they forgot to mention that I would have a few girls (Cheerleaders/serviceleaders ??) @ dressed with miniskirts and doing coreography during the services- Just kidding off course. But liked what you have written and it is funny.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Jeff — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:17:18 -0000

Because the emergent church is just the same old liberalism with a new name. New package, but nothing new, really!!!

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Calvin Wulf — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:40:18 -0000

This Calvin approves of emergent!

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Scot McKnight — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:02:17 -0000

This is one funny post, Jonathan. I'm sitting here laughing.

Hey, and you don't even link to me on your blogroll!

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Jonathan Brink — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:52:57 -0000

And you can. ;-P

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Josh Hill — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:08:37 -0000

Wow, this is really sad. MacArthur is one of the most well respected pastors in evangelical Christianity today and I would much prefer hearing his teaching then that of the majority of emerging churches.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

john — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:53:54 -0000

Exactly!!!
That's about it. But now I can scratch my itchy ears, watch porn in front of my christian friends, cuss in front of my christian friends, slug a couple of pints, drag on some of the good stuff, dig Jesus and Krishna, come out of the closet, take whatever road I want, kick didactics and pedagogy up the ass, make my own truth and validate it by my circle of friends, show people I really understand the dynamics of signifier, sign and the slippage in between. I can now look at the meta-narrative of any narrative and make the meaning mine. I can shout "The author is dead" from the rooftops, as well as "God is dead".

I'm free, free at last to imagine that I am not bound so tight that I cannot return to the tyranny of a God who is a rock. Who is exclusively personifies the Truth the way and the life. Who suffers no rivals. Who brings those who love Him and obey Him to Heaven and who sends those who hate Him, mock Him, disobey Him, ignore Him, to Hell.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Jonathan Brink — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:51:29 -0000

Becky, that is LOL funny.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

becky — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:42:53 -0000

I just found this thanks to Andrew Jones - to this I'd add (but only if you're female) - I lack the necessary ontological equipment to participate.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

TheNorEaster — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:08:27 -0000

I'm sure this would be a lot funnier if I knew what this Emergent church is all about. I keep hearing things, but I can't make head nor tails of it. No kidding.

This was funny. This was REALLY funny, even though I've been a Christian for quite some time and I have no idea just who in the heck half of the people you're talking about really are.

I can see the problem with "All they want to do is love." Yeah. That's a very big problem in my book. Totally. Completely. You betcha! Yep. I'm sold. No Emergent church for me! No sirree! No way!

I think I'll take The Misfits...

http://thenoreaster.wordpre...

Seriously. You should stop by and check it out. We're a rowdy bunch. All three of us. (There were two at the time the video was filmed.)

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Brian — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:23:45 -0000

Funny stuff

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Amy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:44:07 -0000

Ha ha ha ha! I love this! Thanks for it!
~Amy :)

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Jonathan Brink — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:02:11 -0000

Laurel, this was a satirical response to the book mentioned above. I am not a lot of the things mentioned in the list.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Laurel Esser — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:48 -0000

This is by far the most randomly commented on blog I've ever read - (maybe i just don't get out into the bog world a whole lot)

Just a fun fact - although I don't know when guiness was created, Luthers wife was know as a fantastic brewmaster and Spurgeon smoked until he was blue in the face.

If it fits that people aren't emergent for the top 50 reasons, are they then the reasons why you are?

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Peter — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:11:27 -0000

51. Aren't they just a bunch of snotty Yankees who think they're better than everyone?

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

frank — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:44:29 -0000

Ok #42 is great!! Paggit scares me as well, he needs to lay off the caffeine. I just read the book "why we're not emergent" loved it, can't wait for the sequel.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

jonathanbrink — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:43:09 -0000

Vicki, you are always welcome here.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

vicki gee — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:36:00 -0000

51. Because I am a 49 year old widow.
52. I didn't know that thingie is called a soul patch.
53. It's six weeks later and I'm just now getting here.

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Mark — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:41:28 -0000

He went blind doing it?? Really?? Gosh!

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sonja — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:36:01 -0000

well ... I am late to this ...

I have black eyeglasses, but I'd look very funny if I tried to grow a soul patch, so I'll pass on that ;-)

The rest of this is very funny ... however ... I do think that the emerging church/conversation needs to dramatically expand it's beer horizons. Guiness is just too ... narrow and restrictive. There are so many, many good micro-brews out there to be tasted, and enjoyed.

Guiness, the Budweiser of stouts ... too industrial.

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

DebbievdH — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:55:36 -0000

#44 - I would happily adopt any of you, if you'd like a "valid" excuse to get or stay out Ü

theMOMvdH

Re: Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent

Rob — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:52:09 -0000

# 51 - If it aint in the bible, it aint true.
# 52 - No I don't blog. I can't dance.
# 53 - God told me to vote for George Bush.
# 54 - God told me to set gays straight.
# 55 - I don't have a capuccino machine.

rob