Comments on: Christianity and McLarenism (1)

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By: Joan Kirk

Joan Kirk — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:41:25 +0000

This is sad. I’ve loved so many of Mclaren’s books and so much of what he has written in the past has resonated; giving fresh interpretations and connecting head knowledge to the heart. Now I see that he is fully committed to a reactionary path and writing off everthing the church has ever stood for and it seems it’s because of abuses or bad behavior or poor representations of Christianity. Is anyone else feeling as conflicted as I am? I think he was a man who was hungry and longed for more as we all have been in our faith and when he found his refreshment, turned both barrels back on the foundations rather than finding a way to enhance, refresh and breathe new life into stale convention. For someone who proposes learning by ‘conversation’ it seems there is none but his. I’m just sad.

By: John Thomson

John Thomson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:32:49 +0000

Chris

I’m sorry about your father. I have a son who has rejected the faith after being baptised in his mid-teens (he is now 28). I know the grief this causes. However, I don’t think McLaren is the way forward, largely because I don’t think his version of Christianity is Christianity at all.

I would rather pray that the Lord may work in his heart and help him to see the truth again than have him believe and find false comfort in something that is a lie and quite probably damning.

Regards

John

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:04:02 +0000

Hello all – I have a question for the community. Maybe someone could help me solve this problem. (I apologize for the long post)

Preface – I myself am a reformed Pastor, with a strong desire to “Contend for the Faith once delivered to the Saints” and to fight back against the down-grade of the Church.

However – at the same time – I have those close to me, specifically one being a father, who over time has jettisoned all basic truths of Christianity. At first it was Calvinism and the Sovereignty of God. Then it was Original Sin and the Penal Substitution. And now it has become any and all truth that even closely resembles Christianity. He is now very antagonistic towards any Orthodox Truth but I know that he would eat this sort of thing up (McLarenism).

Question: In order to Contend for the Faith – do we never endorse liberal Christianity, even if it is at the expense of unbelievers and backsliders who are definitely antagonistic towards Orthodox truth, but might be willing to nibble at Liberal Christianity?

Thanks brothers,
Chris