tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703265934338672967.post971040800123518350..comments2023-05-15T04:59:14.640-04:00Comments on But You Have Come: Radical Christian: a Redundancy?Bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15790343941446643301noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-703265934338672967.post-80094542803654196842009-05-31T21:37:27.058-04:002009-05-31T21:37:27.058-04:00I've actually been meaning to read McLaren and som...I've actually been meaning to read McLaren and some of the other Emerging church stuff...maybe I can this summer and join in on your musings. :) <br /><br />On the other side of the pendulum, I'm a fan of Mark Driscoll (altho' he too can offend by his manner). I've heard good things about a book called something to the effect of "Why we aren't emergent, by two guys who probably should be." My friend read it and liked it...so that's also on my list. Anyways. In regards to your post, without having read McLaren, it seems that he's playing a little with semantics and changing definitions. Every Christian ought to be radical; any Christian who allows him or herself to be exposed to the Spirit-transforming power of the word of God should be. A new ideology is not what is needed to get us more 'radical,' it's rather an honest return to the things of God as revealed in His word. And I think, from what I've heard, McLaren has too small a view of Christ's redeeming sacrifice on the cross. It is not as if we compartmentalize the atonement from other aspects of Christian life: the removal of our guilt and entrance into relationship with the Living God is what infuses, empowers and equips us in all the restorative ministries and works of healing and freedom that God has given us!<br /><br />Okay...I must stop rambling. But good post my friend--good food for thought and fuel for discussion. I want to go read that book now! ;)Jenuferehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240249297923346297noreply@blogger.com