Brian McLaren’s New Book is Stirring Waves

At the SBTS blog “Towers”  there’s an interesting article called:

McLaren’s new book is merely a fresh take on an old lie, SBTS panelists say

“Brian McLaren, author and leading voice of the emergent church movement, has written a new book that seeks to reformulate Christianity, but it is nothing more than a wholesale rejection of historic Christianity, concluded members of a panel discussion Thursday at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.”

Brian McLaren’s success with young evangelicals has been picking up speed recently, and with his new book he seems to have completely shucked off his sheep outfit and is basically professing to be a wolf.

The problem? he still professes to be Christian.

What does Scripture have to say about such things?

Jud 1:14-23  It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,  (15)  to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”  (16)  These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.  (17)  But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,  (18)  that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”  (19)  These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.  (20)  But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,  (21)  keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.  (22)  And have mercy on some, who are doubting;  (23)  save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

So the scriptures teach us that as we come closer and closer to the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, we would see such things. Even though we can expect such people to profess Christianity yet deny the basics of our beliefs as we have known them for 1,900 years, expecting them does not mean that we sit idly by while they drag unsuspecting people off into their own error and sin. Instead, we are told to “save others, snatching them out of the fire.”

The only way I know to do that is a two-fold method: 1) Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16), and 2) Point out the error of following after someone like Brian McLaren.