http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/february/11.35.html
As roundly concise and clear an overview of what emerging is all about as I've come across, nice smooth read, too.
Check out the first comment under it though, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck...
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"They evangelize and theologize like the Reformed—meaning they rarely evangelize, yet theologize all the time."
It burns. It burns badly. That's a blog in itself. Why aren't we evangelizing? It makes me feel icky inside. But if I have such "good news", why does it make me feel like that? I'm almost apologetic about my faith when someone "outs" me as a Christian. I don't deny it, I just feel like they automatically think I'm with "those Christians" who I don't agree with but seem to have a strangle hold on the world's power. Yes, I know Augustine said we should evangelize with our lives, but my Southern Baptist upbringing has left me with the idea that I should be knocking on peoples door and handing out tracks or something. Where's the middle ground?
Dude, that was listed as one of the conceptions other people have about emerging Christians, not necessarily how they are.
Without wanting to jump to the defense, I think a lot of emerging Christians would say they're interested in how example and lifestyle can evangelize without words...
Not trying to say they're all actively doing that.
Certainly most of them would be very uncomfortable with brazenly proselytizing to strangers.
I know it was a stereotype, but in my case it has some merit...hence my reaction to it. Dude, why are you so belligerent, dude? Dude, you need to get out of the house more. You're turning into a crotchety old man.
Sorry, you said it "burns" so I thought I'd try to mention why I don't think you need to be so hard on yourself about it... I guess sometimes we're most protective over our self-censorship. Belligerence? I see no evidence of belligerence.
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