Although I am thoroughly modern in my outlook and tastes, I agree with you wholeheartedly. The issue is more cultural than theological. It is extremely hard for us in the modern-culture dominated evangelical American church to see and appreciate biblical expressions of faith in other cultures (such as postmodern) without feeling that something is wrong.

Praise the Lord that he is so much bigger than our traditions and he is continually raising up servants who will embody the Gospel in ways that lost people can taste and see. “I came to seek and save the lost…”

One reason why I’m excited that CRM is interacting with the emerging church is because I think that the emerging church has a lot to offer in its explorations. It is pursuing a freedom of discovery like the church hasn’t seen for a very long time. However, this freedom, this leap into uncertainty, means there certainly are mistakes being made. These mistakes are being seized upon by opponents as defining the movement. Even as the opponents should be rightly responded to, it’s also clear that because the emerging movement isn’t settled these mistakes still may in fact come to define and maybe even undermine the emerging church. Certainly the communication outwards often undermines the important messages.

You all can be amazingly beneficial as you listen, watch and teach, speaking back into the emerging church, helping it best keep from falling off the cliff.

I think you’re exactly right that the movement is profoundly and holistically biblical. But the trick is to keep it on that path, and not, like so many movements, become irrelevant because it emphasized distractions.

cheers, Patrick