Next Cohort Meeting: Brian McLaren, January 23rd
The Wilmore-Lexington Emergent Cohort will be hosting author, lecturer, activist and pastor to the Emerging Church, Brian McLaren. We will be meeting Tuesday, January 23rd @ 112 W High St, Lexington, KY (click here for a googlemap). We will gather at 7:00 P.M.The discussion that evening will center around Brian's latest book, The Secret Message of Jesus. If you are able, I would encourage you to pick up a copy and read it before that evening. Not required, but you will better be able to participate in the conversation. I have an extra copy if you would like to borrow it.
We will have coffee and finger foods that evening. If you can help with the setup, or if you have any questions about the evening, please email me or Mark Russell.
posted by Will at 11:58 AM
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You do realize that Mr. McLaren strays from Biblical teaching on many topics. Including a literal hell. Why are you turning your back on the true saving gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Read the book of Jude and 2 Timothy. God bless.
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Scott
The seminar was great on Friday and Saturday. Steve Chalke was as impressive as Brian McLaren. Here are some of the "keepers" from the sessions:
"In a post-modern theological setting, our dialog partners are no longer Christians." -Brian McLaren
"As in art, poetry, music, etc., the best theology is worked out in pain" - Steve Chalke
"Sin is best understood as an infection rather than an infraction" -BM
"In an intelligent church, our Christology shapes our missiology, which shapes our ecclesiology" -SC
"A church is best defined as a dynamic set of ongoing social and spiritual relationships centered on Christ... everything else is cultural baggage." -SC
"Our task is to create, model and encourage new ways of doing and being church at the heart of every community." -SC
(in speaking of the Kingdom of God and the deliverance it brings) "We are saved FROM sin, not just from punishment" -BM
"We exist to bring God's Kingdom, his Shalom, to these people." -SC
"The greatest danger, and compromise in the church is to hide away and entertain ourselves to death" -SC
"We need to develop a culture among us where we can experiment and fail." -SC
"There are two synergistic ways to bring about productive change in our churches: planting new churches that innovate to meet the immediate need, and renewing (or reconceiving) existing church that imitate." -BM
"Let's hope that churches on all levels and from all backgrounds are successful." -BM
"I think mega-churches have a bright future, but it is a difficult future." -BM
"God may not be a universalist, but we should all wish he was." -SC
"I am not asking the question of who is in and who is out, I am asking the question of how can the Kingdom of God come to earth." -BM
quotes may not be verbatum
i recorded the first night, and i am getting my hands on the 2nd day. I had to miss because of some previous obligations. I will most likely post everything (don't tell CE) on my blog
http://www.outsideisbetter.net
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