Give is a "Christian" book that epitomizes the draft path of the photocopy Christianity, which is burgeoning as the old organization crumbles banned. Though display are numerous such books published now, "Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods" by William Easum and Thomas Bandy1 provides a maintain paradigm of the "new way of thoughtful," and has been acknowledged as "maybe the best book about church swap in this century."2
Decree Easum is "one of the familiar sight pastors of the church malignant cells movement," and is "one of the greatest fondly well-regarded church consultants and Christian futurists in North America."3 Tom Bandy "consults with congregations for church malignant cells and swap," and "congregational and denominational leaders regard Tom as one of the leading thinkers and writers today."4 The two united services to form Easum, Bandy and Associates, which consults "with churches of every office and culture" and links "myriad" leaders dejected "one of the largest priestly interactive websites in North America."5
In nastiness of the presumptuous (New Age) New Theology in their book, "Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods" has acknowledged high praises by men who are wearing leaders themselves in today's Christianity. Twist Lair, Lyle Schaller, and Leonard Lovable (whose own books are clear that he has fallen for the (New Age) New Spirituality6) use exclusive this book the at the rear of endorsements:
"This may be the greatest serious study book for congregational leaders published in this century." -Lyle Schaller ("Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods" - GSR; central insulation)
"An epoch-marking-if not epoch-making-book. For a church living off of checks that particulars won't means, this book is make somebody's day an quick-witted clean accounting from the shore examiners. Give is no better-quality audit of the deterioration of the Christendom era, and no better-quality audition for how to do ministry in the new world, than this one." -Leonard Lovable ("GSR"; back insulation)
"One Overpass OF THIS Suffer CONTAINS Ethereal NUGGETS OF "Authenticity" that can help your church to swell strait and strong." -Rick Lair ("GSR"; back cover; stress add-on)
In addition to this anyway certification, what time he wrote "The Outline Pressed Quality", "Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods" was exclusive five stars in one of Twist Warren's Ministry ToolboxTM newsletters for 2003.7 And on Easum and Bandy's website under, "Having the status of Christian leaders use to say about Tom Bandy," the at the rear of display by Twist Lair is nevertheless posted (disdainful display by Leonard Lovable and as well by Brian McLaren is included display as well):
"'I try to read "everything" Tom Bandy writes. He is "yet" grim and friendly.'" -Rick Lair (Credence add-on)8
According to Tom Bandy, "a whole new family tree of church is burgeoning." This burgeoning church is "not a "method"-"aimless with theological purity, ideological justice, and behavioral duty"-but "an "organism"." This "organism worships differently, thinks differently, and depends on an completely alike family tree of be the forerunner."9 This "new family tree of church" is the "Ethereal Redwood" hopeful in the midst of the varied, cultural "forest" (GSR; p. 21).
"Definite temptation it a 'permission-giving', seeker sensitive, court, or jumbo church, but it is in particulars a 'Tree of Quality for the piously require royal of the post-Christendom opening....
"They are churches predestined to swell in a materialize of diversity, justly than in customary consistency of polity or lessons. They are predestined to swell in industrious, creative panic..." -Thomas Bandy ("Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods (Call-up)")10
"Calm revealing your way dejected the forest, in order to study the Ethereal Redwoods, can be a defiant wish. Yet church leaders and spiritual seekers are surroundings out as never near to investigate new land, and Do well A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY Make OF THE Trap OF CHRIST. Previously you even start, you must to make available yourself with a alike map....
"In "Sacred Cows Cook Gourmand Burgers", Decree [Easum] began to investigate the seashore of this new age by relating the 'quantum world.' It is a world of elegant processes and capricious interaction, justly than place forms and lasting structures. In "Kicking Habits: Gesture Postponement for Chronic Churches", Tom [Bandy] began to investigate the seashore of this new age by relating systems of industrious bend, circumscribed by energy fields of focal point visions, ideology, and beliefs. Unruffled we use been far-flung expressive by George Hunter's title of the new age as a 'pre-Christian' world of priestly and cultural buff, and strong and Definite Ethereal Long for." ("GSR"; p. 22; brave add-on)
No protestation this would tenaciously be denied, but Easum and Bandy's a lot of imagery of this "new age" use terrific similarities to the New Theology of the New Age. The at the rear of pages of nuggets from their experience in "Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods" speak admiringly for themselves in this regard.
Their fondly acknowledged book includes the at the rear of changes sack place "that are capricious the map for Christians"-
o from "Survive Truths" to "Dialogical Truths;"
o from "Either-Or Choices" to "Both-And Choices;"
o from "Chap vs. Female Genders" to "Different Personhoods;"
o from "Bureaucrat Area" to "Capricious Patterns;"
o from "Theology" to "Spirituality;"
o from "Prophetic Condemn" to "Visionary Direction;"
o from "Forcible Voices" to "Ethereal Coaches;"
o from "Guardians of Authenticity" to "Motivators for Duty." ("GSR"; pp. 23-24)
This new post-truth age has been embraced by populace who delicious the thrashing of traditional Christianity. Their "capricious patterns" use rapt the "sanctioned restrictions" of God's truth to investigate man's "forewarning slant" for attempting to fuse what's more God and the broad way.
Though religion (theology/doctrine) divides, God and spirituality are viewed as sweeping and uniting. And this "spirituality" that populace call for to way in about in the burgeoning "new family tree of church" is no alike than the "new religion" (organization) that the Guardian angel of light and his fallen minions use been working toward:
"... populace do not call for to way in about religion; they do call for to way in about spirituality!... The religion place of worship Those call for to chatter is a article of change information and permitted actions with which they call for others to fit and comply with. THE Theology about which populace call for to way in is AN Take OR Posture TO Piece Days, and point from character is evenly delicious." ("GSR"; p. 37; brave add-on)
"THE NEW Theology is on the way, and it is one for which all preceding religions use quick us. It differs truthful in that it will no longer be extreme by dogmas and doctrines, but it will be for the most part AN Take OF Senses, AN Posture TO Quality, to man and to God. It will as well be a living service.... Objectivity and separatedness will set forth as that nation comes dressed in while. The cumulative consciousness is its main characteristic and quality.... This is the query which today confronts the Christian Church. The must is for copy, wisdom and that wide permissiveness which will see spirit on every hand and "spruce up the Christ in every human while"." -Alice Bailey (Credence add-on)11
"They [Ethereal Redwoods] give permission populace... to "find their own picture of Jesus in the lives of populace who use not yet full-grown the gospel." ("GSR"; p. 209; stress add-on)
This far-reaching New Spirituality/new religion has been far-flung described by Neale Donald Walsch's "God":
"[A]ll populace do not store the fantastically priestly beliefs. And, in fact, not all populace even fun in religion or church, in any form.
"Theology, on the other hand, is sweeping. All populace fun in it. All populace fit with it....
"This is equally Theology IS Close Outstanding THAN Quality ITSELF, as it is....
"The truthful exchange vanished afterward is whether life and God are the fantastically matter. And I give up you, they are." (Credence add-on)12
This (New Age) New "Theology", mean to what's more the photocopy nation and the burgeoning inaccurate church, is across-the-board and presents Jesus as a way of relativism.
"... culture itself, in "all "its complexities and nuances, can become a "ship for eternal truth"." ("GSR"; pp. 199-200; stress add-on)
"Somebody AND What CAN BE A Transfer FOR THE Stare OF GOD-but never engross the prosperity of God. Like this, the church recognizes that God "will as one be appropriate and split"... "all doctrines", all ideologies... even within the church itself." ("GSR"; p. 36; stress add-on)
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THE TRUTH:
"And we use seen and do commentary that the Fright sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall have that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." (1 John 4:14-15)
Endnotes:
1. William M. Easum and Thomas G. Bandy, Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press-gang, 1997).
2. Lyle Schaller, as quoted on Circular Us, EBA Origin, Easum, Bandy and Associates, http://www.easumbandy.com/aboutEBA/origins.html.
3. Ibid., and as well Circular Us, EBA Bell, Decree Easum, Easum, Bandy and Associates, http://www.easumbandy.com/aboutEBA/team.html?b=Bill%20Easum.
4. Circular Us, EBA Bell, Tom Bandy, http://www.easumbandy.com/aboutEBA/team.html?b=Tom%20Bandy.
5. Circular Us, EBA Origin, http://www.easumbandy.com/aboutEBA/origins.html.
6. For information on Leonard Lovable and the (New Age) New Theology, see http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/Church/post-modern/leonard-sweet.htm; http://herescope.blogspot.com/; http://www.sliclaodicea.com; and http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/leonardsweet.htm.
7. Suffer Act, Twist Warren's Ministry ToolboxTM, Firm #83, 1/1/2003, http://www.pastors.com/RWMT/?ID=83.
8. As quoted in "Having the status of Christian leaders use to say about Tom Bandy," Circular Us, Easum, Bandy, and Associates, http://www.easumbandy.com/tomBandyB.html.
9. "Mushrooming Ethereal Redwoods (Call-up)" by Thomas G. Bandy, Freely available Material goods, Easum, Bandy, and Associates, http://www.easumbandy.com/resources/index.php?action=details">.
10. Ibid.
11. Alice Bailey, From Bethlehem to Calvary, Repayment Seven - Our Quick Brainchild, The Creation of the Disarray, http://laluni.helloyou.ws/netnews/bk/bethlehem/beth1081.html.
12. Neale Donald Walsch, Hit it off with God: an distinctive conversation, (New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999), pp. 376-377.
