Description
We have witnessed a number of new movements recently that involve doctrinal and/or practical challenges to the traditional church. Often we find that new revolutionary movements are generated as a corrective to tradition. This particular Areopagus Journal addresses the challenges of what is called the Emerging Church movement, the Church Growth Movement, the New Apostolic Reformation Movement, and the N.T. Wright’s Federal Vision interpretation. Even though there are some significant errors entwined in these new movements, the Church needs to examine itself and continue the mantra of the Reformation- “always reforming.” But this journal also demonstrates where these movements cross the lines of sound doctrine and practice.
Contents
Veritas: Troublesome Movements in the 21st Century Church by Craig Branch
Emerging Error? An Evaluation of the Emerging Church Movement by Craig Branch
The Package Matters: Problems with the Church Growth Movement by Phil A. Newton
Speaking for God? A Response to the Apostolic and Prophectic Movement by Keith Gibson
Seeing is Believing: A Response to Federal Vision’s “Objective” View of the Christian Faith by Brandon Robbins
Departments
Against Heresies by Clete Hux – Rick Joyner: Super Prophet
In the News
Book Reviews
Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church. By R. Scott Smith. Crossway Books, 2005
A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey. By Brian McLaren. John Wiley and Sons, 2001
The Closing of the American Mind. By Allan Bloom. Simon and Schuster, 1987