David Horn of “In The Hedge” has written an insightful post on the facade of the emergent movement, which he calls ‘The Seeker-Sensitive Purpose-Driven Church for the Carnal Nature of Mankind.’….
By appealing to the carnal nature of mankind, these seeker-sensitive relevant pastors omit the offensiveness the Gospel is to the world (Matthew 10:32-36) by replacing it with stage shows, gimmicks, contests, sex talk, marriage counseling, pep talks, financial planning, etc… using anything to lure people into the church. They substitute the power of the Holy Spirit to convict and draw mankind unto Himself with a new relevant power of human reason. They accomplish this goal by creating and using very well thought out programs, relevant sermon series, professional sounding bands, and simply urging people to say “Jesus” as the new way to win souls to Christ (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
Read David’s article in it’s entirety here.
I very much agree….I grew up on gimmicks and thats what i called revival. Thank God that he loved me enough to show me my sins and the sacrifice he provided in my place. Thanks for the post.