Why We’re Not Emergent

(by two guys that should be) Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck.

I’ve read and posted reviews on a couple of books by what many would call “emergent” church leaders.  You can find reviews for The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren and Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell on this blog.  Dan Kimball is also mentioned in Why We’re Not Emergent and an”emergent” leader and I have also reviewed his book They Like Jesus But Not the Church.

Kevin DeYoung is a pastor of a church while Ted Kluck is a writer but a lay person as opposed to a pastor or theologian.  They have split the book literally in two as they alternate writing each chapter.  This could have been confusing if you did not read the Introduction first but with the strategy understood up front it worked out ok.

I enjoyed the book.  It addressed many of the questions I asked myself after reading McLaren’s and Bell’s book.  I enjoyed these latter books as well but as I mention in my reviews, certain aspects did not sit quite right with me.  DeYoung and Kluck point out many of these same questions so at least I know I’m not alone. Read more

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