Brian McLaren

Surely when we think of individuals closely tied with the emerging / emergent church, Brian McLaren is at the top of the list. Since we began our conversation, I subscribed to his blog feed. Recently he posted a sort of Q&A on the question of 'Why do evangelicals dislike you?' If you are interested in his take on why evangelicals are critical of him and his description of the people that should be disagreeing with him, check it out HERE.

This are the folks he says should dislike him. He gives fuller descriptions of why on the post.

1. Religious Right Evangelicals

2. Strict 5-point Calvinists

3. Other kinds of fundamentalists


In this post, Brian suggests that those who criticize him should read one of the books he wrote. I agree and so I am going to begin reading the book he suggests we start with, The Secret Message of Jesus. Look for some quotes and reflections to come.