tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post114745957784235500..comments2023-09-19T05:17:11.177-07:00Comments on ginkworld.net' blog: emerging/evolving?john o'keefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1165421636106991662006-12-06T08:13:00.000-08:002006-12-06T08:13:00.000-08:00Sorry ... disregard the double talk. I pasted from...Sorry ... disregard the double talk. I pasted from a word document and did not quite make it over as I wrote it .....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1165419915033409162006-12-06T07:45:00.000-08:002006-12-06T07:45:00.000-08:00John,As a young man who did not "grow up in the ch...John,<BR/><BR/>As a young man who did not "grow up in the church" I find myself somewhat saddened by the emerging church instead of welcomed and encouraged. Why? Because I like my church. It is a young evangelical AG church. However it seems by emergent definition then that either I or my church is apostate from God. I welcome tradition. I like the denomination. But more than all else I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1147723966358207392006-05-15T13:12:00.000-07:002006-05-15T13:12:00.000-07:00Yes!! Thanks for saying that. I am growing tired ...Yes!! Thanks for saying that. I am growing tired of finding a new website, blog, or church that embraces the terms emergent, emergent church, etc. only to find that they are typical Evangelical literalist types that simply want to slap a new appearance on the same thoughts.<BR/><BR/>It is about changing our vision, politics, systems, priorities and values so that they embody the spirit of Jesus.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15978997781556741350noreply@blogger.com