hahaha I just wrote a huge blog about 1000 words and I totally lost my focus, so I'm starting a new one... to some people I might sound like a closed-minded (maybe I am) fundamentalist (who cares?), but I don't think I have any emergent friends hahaha.

Well Rob bell is kind of the flavor of the week with some churches, I personally think he's now taking the place of Rick Warren... finally Rick warren is out of the picture haha. Well I have nothing against Bell and is bizarre teachings, except his view of truth. Rob Bell is totally part of "Emergent" and it shows in is views of faith and theology. Now his book is titled "Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith". I was re-reading the book (I read about 2 years ago) and a red flag went up when I read the "Repainting the Christian Faith".

He "Repaints" the faith by using an analogy with faith as a brick wall. Saying that (this is on page 26-27) faith is like a Brick wall. Saying that when you are a Christian it is like a brick wall of beliefs. And maybe one of those things you believed (he uses ideas like VIRGIN BIRTH or the trinity) turns out to be false, so you are missing a brick. Bell says, "Can you still be a Christian, can you still love God, Is Jesus the best possible way to live?" The question you should ask is this... "What if the Virgin Birth isn't real, would you lose anything in your faith?" the answer is YES!!!!!!! You would lose JESUS! Rob Bell thinks otherwise. Coming to the conclusion that there are many faiths with no absolute truths.

Doug Pagit, one of the leaders of Emergent Village, sort of backs up what Bell says and the book, "Listening to the Beliefs of the Emerging Church", Pagitt writes that "Theology and faith are always changing because they linked in every day and because every day life changes, so does your Theology and Faith".

Jude 1:3b puts these ridiculous claims to rest! We are to "Contend for the FAITH that was ONCE AND FOR ALL delivered to the saints." There is one faith, and we are to Contend to for it! We are to firmly believe in the scriptures! In addition, we are to Contend for them!