So I am reading a few of my books in prep for going to school in the fall. This week I go out and Visit St. Stephens Univeristy, the town, and surrounding cities. I am way excited about that.
One of the books I am reading is Emerging Churches. I don’t hate it, but I definatly don’t love it. One thing I am struggling with is the idea of the gospel being centered around Jesus’ life, not his death. While his life is just as important as his death, his life wouldn’t be important to us without his death. I am feeling like the emerging church movement is putting more empahsis on his life while yes, it is important to look at his life but with eyes that understand why his life is the perfect example of how we are to live; through his death.
Another thing I am frustrated with in the book is the fact that they are using the term “church” out of biblical context. A church simply is a group of believers meeting together. They are using the term church as in “organized religious activity”. Quite frankly, I want nothing to do with organized religion. If God leads me to a church body that is organized and says “be here for a while” then yes, I will be there. But generally, organized religion turns me off.
