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"Narrative Theology produced the Emerging Church" ...

2007-01-12T22:59:00.000-05:00

"Narrative Theology produced the Emerging Church" What?

Voddie Baucham nailed this topic on the head at la...

2007-01-11T09:54:00.000-05:00

Voddie Baucham nailed this topic on the head at last years Collegiate Conference. I don't know if I've seen a more passionate defense of the ressurection. Maybe the message is available at www.mbts.edu.

I sure hope not. I've grown to appreciate a narra...

2007-01-10T15:38:00.000-05:00

I sure hope not. I've grown to appreciate a narrative reading of the text of scripture and I find no reason to jettison historic essentials of the faith. It wouldn't seem there is anything that would necessitate rejecting the physical, bodily resurrection.

Not only that but NT Wright, who is surely someone that is pointing to a narrative reading of the text, defends the physical, bodily resurrection, or am I wrong?

On a related note, I'm looking forward to your breakout session this weekend at the collegiate conference. We're going to be there for the conference.

So is this the fruit of Narrative Theology? I wou...

2007-01-10T13:39:00.000-05:00

So is this the fruit of Narrative Theology?

I would say it is just one of many fruits of Narrative Theology. Especially if you believe that Narrative Theology produced the Emerging Church. There seems to be a tendency to believe that the words of God have power only in a figurative sense, that culture changes Scripture and not the other way around. But then again, I've been told that I'm fairly biased.... ;)