Doug Pagitt Is Absolutely Right

September 25, 2007 teleologist Emerging Church, 1

HT: Ken Silva posted this on his blog.
Doug Pagitt scolds John MacArthur. Pagitt writes,

I think it might give you a more full understanding of the gospel than the one perverted by the likes of John MacArthur. I do not say “perverted” lightly, either. I really think what he communicates is so distant from the message of the Bible that it is dangerously harmful to people.

I find myself fully agreeing with Pagitt. John MacArthur is in fact preaching a perverted emergent gospel that is incongruent with the emergent beliefs. This is to be expected since MacArthur worships a different God than the god of Pagitt. MacArthur preaches a gospel that gives reverence and sovereignty to God, our Heavenly Father, Creator and Savior. Pagitt preaches a gospel where his god is a chick, and the atonement of Jesus is akin to cosmic child abuse. So I agree with Doug Pagitt 100% that MacArthur is preaching a pervert emergent gospel.

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