For those of you who are not convinced of the absurdity of the ECM

I found this article about Rob Bell, the teaching pastor of Mars Hill of Michigan and leader within the ECM.

http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/billygraham.htm

This just demonstrates to me that once again, the ECM is not based on a scriptural desire to see the lost come to know Christ. It is simply sensationalism and seeker sensitivism repackaged for our coffee cup culture.

My favorite line from this article,

"As with most emergent and contemplative leaders, the Christianity of the Bible is not enough for them, and there is one main reason it isn't ... meditation. Since the Bible lacks any instruction on a self- induced mystical trance, other than condemning it in the Old Testament, contemplatives must turn to Eastern religious techniques adopted by Catholic mystics such as Thomas Merton or Basil Pennington, who have grasped onto Hindu style meditation or latched onto New Age mystics."

Great, just great.

I say to the emergent, no