Comments on: Is Emergent All Sizzle and Speculation? http://pos51.org/is-emergent-all-sizzle-and-speculation/ The Web World of Charles Jones // Faith, Design, and, ya know...Stuff. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charles http://pos51.org/is-emergent-all-sizzle-and-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-27487 Charles Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:58:13 +0000 http://pos51.org/?p=686#comment-27487 To say the least... I find the winking idea that LayGuy linked to particularly ridiculous. As though it's not a condescending insult because it's "just a wink." To say the least…

I find the winking idea that LayGuy linked to particularly ridiculous. As though it’s not a condescending insult because it’s “just a wink.”

]]> By: Rich Bordner http://pos51.org/is-emergent-all-sizzle-and-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-27417 Rich Bordner Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:46:53 +0000 http://pos51.org/?p=686#comment-27417 "What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?" Just like Al Mohler argued this week on his blog and show, the choice facing Emergents and stalwart Evangelicals alike is the same: the Bible, or coolness? Can't have both. This choice is seen most starkly in the current debate about same-sex marriage. Good thoughts, Charles. I find the wing of the Emergent movement you highlight a bit passive-aggressive. “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?”

Just like Al Mohler argued this week on his blog and show, the choice facing Emergents and stalwart Evangelicals alike is the same: the Bible, or coolness? Can’t have both. This choice is seen most starkly in the current debate about same-sex marriage.

Good thoughts, Charles. I find the wing of the Emergent movement you highlight a bit passive-aggressive.

]]> By: Charles http://pos51.org/is-emergent-all-sizzle-and-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-27408 Charles Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:50:44 +0000 http://pos51.org/?p=686#comment-27408 I liked his writing for a while, but he got less and less open to discussion and less and less intellectually consistent over time. I liked his writing for a while, but he got less and less open to discussion and less and less intellectually consistent over time.

]]> By: LayGuy http://pos51.org/is-emergent-all-sizzle-and-speculation/comment-page-1/#comment-27326 LayGuy Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:32:16 +0000 http://pos51.org/?p=686#comment-27326 Hi Charles - a very good post on a topic dear to me. pomomusings, in my opinion, is a sandwich short of a picnic. He is brazen in his attacks against more conservatives and comes across as downright rude. There is something just plain wrong in the spirit in which he writes his blog. I've posted about this guy on my blog here: http://www.layguy.com/2007/12/02/driscoll-the-wink-club/ Hi Charles – a very good post on a topic dear to me. pomomusings, in my opinion, is a sandwich short of a picnic. He is brazen in his attacks against more conservatives and comes across as downright rude. There is something just plain wrong in the spirit in which he writes his blog. I’ve posted about this guy on my blog here:

http://www.layguy.com/2007/12/02/driscoll-the-wink-club/

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