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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):

  1. 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
  2. Unconditional Pragmaticism
    • Seeker sensible and seeker sensitive
    • Whatever works - do it
    • Numbers justify everything
    • Program enriched
    • Felt need, culture-driven
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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    • If you challenge it, you are labeled as Victorian and out of date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.

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