This whole emergent church thing and ”leaders”, such as Peter Rollins, is proof of what the Apostle Peter stated in II Peter 2:1 – ”But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.” – KJV. Also, the Chief Apostle [Jesus Christ] had this word of prophesy, recorded in Matthew 7:15, for our Church Era: ”Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” – KJV.

In all of Rollins’ Rant about ”fundamentalist Christianity” and his ideas for the Church, there was no mention [or reminders] that Jesus called for Christians to be the salt of the earth [Matthew 5:13] and said, ”Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.” [Matthew 5:14] – KJV. Furthermore, Rollins’ misses the point that the LORD God requires of us to ”…be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” [Romans 12:2] KJV.

The theme that Rollins kept reiterating was ”What the church should be doing, he said…” The role and purposes are already laid out in Holy Writ, which is our sole and final authority over life and godliness. Peter Rollins is setting himself up as some type of modern day apostle of God but in ”reality” he is listening to the ”angel of light” [”And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” – II Corinthians 11:14 – KJV.

Rollins, and all other emergent neologians, leave out the efficacy of the Lord Jesus Christ’s literal shed blood on the cross to cover and remit full payment [to God the Father] for our sins’ debt to be removed, forever! Hallelujahs be unto the God that sitteth upon the throne in heaven forever!! Selah!!

Another way to state the importants of Christ’s shed blood is found in the quote by Spurgeon: ”The Blood of Jesus is able to save thee, because “He died, the Just for the unjust.” But some will say, “Whence has the Blood of Christ such power to save?”
Because Christ Himself was God. If Christ were man only, there would be no efficacy in His blood to save. The Lamb was slain every year, but Christ, once for all, hath put away sin by the offering of Himself. He has said, “It is finished.” Let that ring in our ears. The Blood of Jesus Christ is Blood that hath been accepted. Christ died, He was buried; but neither Heaven nor earth could tell whether God had accepted the ransom. Until God had signed the warrant for acquittal of all His people, Christ must abide in the bonds of death. But now is Christ risen. The blood was accepted, and sin was forgiven.” Well stated by a true fundamentalist Baptist Englishman, aye?!

As being a Baptist with Irish roots, I am disgusted with Rollins and all of these other contemporary ecumenists that are being much leaven into the Church in these last days to be sure that the lump is whole [pardon the pun!] but biblically it is so. Quoting Jesus: ”Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.” [Matthew 13:33 – KJV]
and lastly, for now, ”… he [Jesus] did not many mighty works there [applicable today in the apostate emergent church] because of their unbelief.” Matthew 13:58 – KJV.

91¶ÌÊÓƵ and other Christian higher learning institutions, ”Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.” [Acts 8:22 – KJV]

In Christ,
Todd

Isa 8:19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
Isa 8:20 To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

I know some on campus felt challenged and scared — yes, giving up the idea of heaven as “pie in the sky when you die by and by” — some eternal choir practice that drags on and on and on — can be traumatic. But we can’t even begin to actually live the life of the spirit, let alone love God, until we’ve been deprogrammed and disabused of the cult of fundamentalism. I mean, who would want to live forever? We can’t even enjoy the life we’ve got! The problem that Peter exposes is exactly this short-circuit in the psychology of fundamentalism. We need self-examination more than anything!

Thank you Peter Rollins, Christian Early, Thomas Millary, Fred Kniss!