Reforming or Conforming?

Reforming or Conforming?: Post-Conservative Evangelicals and the Emerging Church (Foreword by David F. Wells)
Gary L. W. Johnson (Editor), Ronald N. Gleason (Editor), David F. Wells (Foreword), Paul Wells, John Bolt, Paul Helm, Scott Clark, Paul Kjoss Helseth, Jeffrey Waddington, Guy P. Waters, Phil Johnson, Martin Downes, Greg Gilbert, Gary Gilley

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Post-conservative evangelicals and the emerging church represent a serious challenge to biblical faith--and their influence is growing. In this volume, thirteen scholars take on postmodern evangelicals and provide a solid, biblical critique of their ideas. Their analysis will equip ministry leaders for careful consideration and discernment of current church trends.

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Thirteen Reformed scholars take on postmodern evangelicals and provide a solid, biblical critique of their ideas.

While self-described “post-conservative evangelicals” enjoy increasing influence in the evangelical world, they represent a significant challenge to biblical faith. Popularizers like Brian McLaren (of Emergent Church fame) trade on the work of scholars like Stan Grenz, John Franke, and Roger Olson, whose “innovations” represent a major makeover of traditional and historic evangelical theology. This is especially the case with the doctrines of Scripture, the atonement, and the character of God—all of which stand at the center of evangelical Christianity.

In Reforming or Conforming?, scholars such as John Bolt, Scott Clark, Paul Helm, and Paul Helseth join editors Gary Johnson and Ron Gleason in analyzing and critiquing the ideas of those who promote postmodernism as a positive force in theology. Pastors, laymen, and college students will find this book a helpful resource in understanding and refuting postmodern evangelicalism. Includes a foreword by David F. Wells.

About the Contributors

Gary L. W. Johnson is adjunct professor at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Suzanne, live in Arizona and have four children.

John Bolt is professor of systematic theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Paul Kjoss Helseth is Associate Professor of Christian Thought at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota and the author of numerous scholarly articles.

Guy P. Waters is assistant professor of biblical studies at Belhaven College. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Mississippi and have two children.