1 Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.


While I am not trying to justify some of the new ideas of some of the different faith movements today. Does not every generation make claims that an emerging church is attempting to change the existing body of believers that follow their own tenants and goals that make them a different sect then the one down the road?

The denominations of Pharisees and Sadducee, two of the many that existed when Christ came during the first century reformation looked at the Nazarene denomination as an emerging church , and the Nazarene denomination changed over the years from what it is today Just as in the same way the Catholics believed the Lutheran sect under covenant theology was an emergent church and Lutherans’ have changed into what it is today which seems to leans more towards dispensationalism.

Other than by walking by faith, seeing we are not to seek the approval of any man or group of men, as two walking in agreement, how can we be sure?


  Garee, Art is speaking of a movement that actually calls itself the "Emergent Church"  What we should see is just WHAT this movement is emerging from. It is emerging from CORRECT, TRUE doctrine, replacing it with the false doctrines of men, some old apostasy, and some new apostasy they invent along the way. OTOH, we believe, and KNOW, that the ONLY true doctrines of worship come from SCRIPTURE, and nothing else, including man's interps and "takes" of Scripture.

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