Emerging Theology

Liberty Theological Seminary

The Theology of the Emerging Church: Is an Emerging Theology the Answer for Postmodern America?

A Project Submitted
In Partial Fulfillment of The
Requirements for The Course
THEO 510

Submitted By
Carson Moore
September 15, 2013
Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................3
Thesis..................................................................................................3
The Christian Life as a Journey......................................................3
The Knowability of God...................................................................5
Uncertainty is not Humility.............................................................7…show more content…
The church of America is no longer living out scripture, producing disciples that make disciples, creating life change in the hearts of its congregants, striving for holiness or fulfilling the Great Commission. If one zooms in even further into the modern church and examines the core of an American youth group today, this problem is even more drastic with the majority of American teenagers not attending church, and a majority of church attending youth not striving for the faith. To combat this catastrophic problem within the American church, many well-intentioned people and groups of people have developed theologies and created movements in hopes of revitalizing the American church, one of these being Emerging Church Theology. The question at hand is not whether or not something needs to change in the American church, the question is simply, “Is Emerging Church Theology the answer for the church in America and does it, or even should it, reflect the early church found in scripture?
Thesis
I would argue that the Emerging Church theology is not the answer for postmodern America because it focuses on the journey of life and not about God’s ultimate plan which leads a teaching of moral relativism and absolute truth and denial of basic Christian doctrine.
The Christian Life as a…show more content…
Brian D. McLaren and Tony Campolo, Adventures in Missing the Point (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003), 249
[ 8 ]. Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck, Why We're Not Emergent: by Two Guys Who Should Be (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2008), 36
[ 9 ]. Tomlinson, The Post-Evangelical, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003) 113-114
[ 10 ]. Exodus 3:6 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
[ 11 ]. Matthew 16:16-17 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
[ 12 ]. “I Tell You the Truth,” Guided By Truth Ministries, October 2, 2013, accessed October 2, 2013,
[ 13 ]. John Piper, interviewed by Phil Johnson, October 07, 2006.
[ 14 ]. Brian D. McLaren and Tony Campolo, Adventures in Missing the Point (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003), 84
[ 15 ]. Brian McLaren, The Secret Message of Jesus (Nashville: Nelson, 2006), 7.
[ 16 ]. Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck, Why We're Not Emergent: by Two Guys Who Should Be (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2008), 36
[ 17 ]. Paul Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology, Rev. and expanded. ed. (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2008), 692
[ 18 ]. Charles W. Draper, Chad Brand, and Archie England, eds., Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Revised ed. (Chattanooga: Holman Reference, 2003), 436.
[ 19 ]. 2 Timothy 3:16 (Holman Christian Standard