I found a number of resources helpful in preparing this sermon for Sunday. Mark Driscoll was particularly helpful as he once was involved in the emergent church movement and has made a conscience decision to break from the emerging church for theological reasons.
Mark wrote an article about the emerging church, and I have included this quote in our worship bulletin.
American Christianity finds itself in one of those pivotal moments where history is being written for better or worse and we could see anything from a revival like the Jesus
Movement of a previous generation or the decline of the Church as has already happened throughout Europe. Time will tell, and ultimately the decision will be made by thousands of pastors who shepherd their flocks and the dozens of pastors who shepherd those
pastors.
The only hope is a return to the true gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in Scripture. The gospel must be unleashed in the world through the Church for the transforming salvation of sinners and their cultures. If the gospel is lost, as I fear it already has been among some Revisionists, then tomorrow will be a dark day for the truth about Jesus. - Mark Driscoll
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