I ran across this sad video today ...
Emerging Spiritualities in the American Church from Fuller Seminary on Vimeo.
The thing that saddened me was not the principals in the video, from whom I have learned to expect nothing more. Rather, the thing that disturbed me was the fact that the session was sponsored by Fuller Seminary.
It hasn't been so long since Fuller was a solidly evangelical seminary. It's a little shocking that things have so declined in the last 40ish years that this shallow, man-centered gabfest is supposed to pass for serious theological discussion.
Fuller's decline is testament to the fact that the church's most destructive enemies are always the enemies within. When the institutions in which we train our pastors loosen their grip on the faith once delivered to the saints in order to seek the approval of the wise of this present age, this is the inevitable result ...
A verse that comes to mind is "A little leaven leavens the whole lump ..." It's good to remember that the invisible church is still the Lord's and that He will preserve her until His coming despite all of the machinations of the Enemy.
WOW, within the first minute, you could tell this was NOT an event meant to honor our Lord Jesus Christ. Yep, very sad indeed. I DEFINITELY don't have time to sit through 90 minutes of that!! so I'm takin' your word for it and saving my time!
ReplyDeleteHi Tim,
ReplyDeleteI was reading through your blog this morning and saw this Vimeo about Fuller(which I could not get to play... it may have been taken down). It is amazing how much energy is spent by "Theologians" to water down and disprove the axioms of God's revealed will. You may or may not know that the Old Fashioned Revival Hour is being rebroadcast on 107.9 at 2 pm Sundays. Linda's brother, Mike Khanchalian is the producer of this broadcast and has a real heart to see the foundational faith of Charles Fuller continue on. He was a tremendous evangelist and thousands came to Christ through his ministry. We don't need to keep reinventing the wheel to remain relevant in this culture, we need to hold to the truths of scripture and remain steadfast that God is Good and we are the ones who choose evil. (Great Divorce - CS Lewis).