We live in a world of labels and categories. Everything has to fit into something. And perhaps among the widest of these categories is the one labeled, "Emergent." I've been told that I'm Emergent. Sometimes I'm asked, but recently a few people have just labeled me that. When this issue is brought to my attention I always respond with a question, "What is your definition of Emergent?" I had one person tell me that I'm Emergent because I used the word "journey" in a message. Another was concerned because I did an overview of a book of the Bible (Ecclesiastes) in a talk versus going verse by verse and phrase by phrase. I've had another person assume I'm Emergent because my churches website didn't have the exact words, "Triune God" anywhere on it (as if I don't believe in a "Triune" God simply because it's not explicitly articulate on a website).
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