2008-08-1222Comments

The Entertainment Driven Church

I recently decided to follow my own oft given advice and venture out to other churches just to see what the cultural landscape looks like and to stretch myself a bit. First, I...

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Ecclesiology (Church)

2008-08-0628Comments

Will the Real Emerger Please Stand Up?

Warning, long post ahead: Download as PDF How does one define the emerging church? This is not an easy question to answer. Are you emerging? Maybe you are and you just...

2008-04-043Comments

The Premature Funeral of the “L” Word

I have been in some recent conversations with people and have come to find out something very interesting. We cannot use the “L” word any more....

2008-04-030Comments

Phil Johnson on Contextualization

Phil Johnson of TeamPyro started a series on contextualization of the Gospel and Act 17 (Part 1, Part 2). He is combating what he believes to be a compromise of the Gospel...

by C Michael Patton

Uncategorized

2008-02-259Comments

Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? (Complete)

Download as PDF How does one define the emerging church? This is not an easy question to answer. Are you emerging? Maybe you are and you just don’t know it. It is...

by C Michael Patton

Uncategorized

2008-02-180Comments

Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 3 – An Emerging Definition of “Emerging”

Often when I begin a series on the emerging church people approach me with two questions: 1) “Am I emerging?” 2) “Are you emerging?” In both counts this is really a loaded...

by C Michael Patton

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Evangelicalism

2007-10-090Comments

The Non-Liturgy of American Evangelism

I grew up as a surf bum in Newport Beach, California. You probably already have the wrong image: I was too poor to own a surfboard or a wetsuit, but I could buy a...

by Dan Wallace