The Emerging TULIP
Posted on : 20-11-2006 | By : Alex S. Leung | In : Emergent, Reformed, Theology
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I read this and I lauged at the humour herein, and yet I was also saddened by a lot of the truth in each of the 5 points.
Unfortunately, a few of remarks are low-blows directly at Mark Driscoll. It’s unfortunate that some dislike Driscoll so much and are so very critical of his vernacular, and yet it is still a sign that many still relate him to the emerging instead of Reformed. I will side with John Piper: I like Mark!
Anyways, here it is, TULIP according to emerging/emergent beliefs (according to Steve Camp):
- Total Ambiguity
- Methodology over message
- Truth is abstract; fluid, and liquid
- Conversation over gospel proclamation
- Ecumenism over doctrinal unity
- Contantly inventing a new spiritual meta-narrative
- Unconditional Pragmaticism
- Seeker sensible and seeker sensitive
- Whatever works - do it
- Numbers justify everything
- Program enriched
- Felt need, culture-driven
- Limited Theology
- Doctrine diminished and not primary; it is the afterthought
- Truth claims remain vague and undefined
- No definitive agreed upon statement of faith
- Very little biblical definition of ministry
- Recommended reading lists of their networks remain liberal and pragmatic
- Irresistible Contextualization
- Truth must be adapted to and defined by culture
- The audience, not the message, is sovereign
- The focus is to be relevant and relativistic
- Being missional is marked by methodological inroads, conversation, and cultural discernment of the times - not the proclamation of the gospel
- Speak of the humanity of Christ in crude terms to make Jesus relatable over reverence of the transcendence of Christ
- Postmodern Perverse Speech
- Being known as the cussing pastor is good
- Unwholesome talk is cultural not biblical
- Coarse scatological speech is a matter of personal taste
- It makes you cool to other Emerging/Emergents
- If you challenge it, you are labeled as Victorian and out of date
Here is the real 5 points of Calvinism, aka TULIP.





















