EMERGENT CHURCH LEADERS’ DOUG PAGITT AND ROB BELL INTERSPIRITUALITY TALKS RAISE FLAGS

Christian Post with more on the story Apprising Ministries is covering in Rob Bell Avoids Jesus Christ at the Seeds of Compassion Event (RBA). If one makes the time to watch the video clips contained within RBA it should be quite obvious Rob Bell—far from coming off as a Christian pastor—sounds more like the Zen Buddhist Roshi Joan Halifax who moderated the panel for fellow Buddhist the Dalai Lama:

The participation of emergent church leaders in an interfaith dialogue raised flags for some conservative Christians who have been concerned over a growing cooperation of emergent church leaders with New Spirituality/New Age leaders.

Prior to Tuesday’s InterSpirituality Day panel discussions, hosted by Seeds of Compassion, Christian talk show host Ingrid Schlueter of Crosstalk Radio warned the public that emergent leaders Rob Bell of Mars Hill Bible Church and Doug Pagitt of Solomon’s Porch would promote universalism…

Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries, which claims to specialize in apologetics and be rooted in orthodox Christian theology, wasn’t pleased with Bell’s response, saying he did not give a “Christian answer” and avoided mentioning Jesus Christ…(Online source)

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DOUG PAGITT, ROB BELL, DALAI LAMA AND THE INTERSPIRITUAL SEEDS OF COMPASSION EVENT

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