Saturday, March 5, 2011

I wanna Rock right now...Wake up Evangelicals!


I wanna rock right now
I'm Liberal and I came to get down
I'm internationally known
Cause I'm known to rock the microphone
Because I get stupid, I mean outrageous
Stay away from me cause heresy's contagious
'Cause I'm the liberal , no, I'm not an evangelical...

Cause'
It takes preachin' sound theology to make heart go right
It takes sound preachin' make it outta sin into eternal life
 
The situation that the Liberal is in
I'm kinda left-leaning that's why he wanna lend
A heresy rhyme to a foe or a good friend
But listen up 'cause I want you to comprehend
'Cause I'm the leader, the man superior
I take care of ya and then ya get wearier
So just sit, my theology is so counterfeit
My book sells which makes what I say a hit
 
It won't hurt to listen to the Evangelical Alert
Don't take off your shirt
Make sure your life is ready before you hit the dirt
I "like" the kids--the guys, the girls
I want the bling 'cause its all bout this world
I'm on a mission, ya better just listen
To my rhymes 'cause I'm all about orthodoxy dissin'
'Cause...

It takes sound theology to make a heart go right
It takes sound theology make it outta sin into eternal life

This is just a parody of Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rocks popular 80's song about what is happening in the battle over sound theology. It is a war that has been raging since Christ came to earth. We Evangelicals need to wake and Rock Right Now...If not our voice will continue to shrink in the public forum of ideas on sound theology. Just read the excerpt from the article on Rob Bell in the NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/us/05bell.html?_r=2&ref=us).

Others such as Scot McKnight, a professor of theology at North Park University in Chicago, said they welcomed the renewed discussion of one of the hardest issues in Christianity — can a loving God really be so wrathful toward people who faltered, or never were exposed to Jesus? In an interview and on his blog, he said that the thunder emanating from the right this week was not representative of American Christians, even evangelicals. According to surveys and his experience with students, Mr. McKnight said, a large majority of evangelical Christians “more or less believe that people of other faiths will go to heaven,” whatever their churches and theologians may argue.
“Rob Bell is tapping into a younger generation that really wants to open up these questions,” he said. “He is also tapping into the fear of the traditionalists — that these differing views of heaven and hell will compromise the Christian message.”
Mr. Bell, who through his publisher declined to comment on the book or the debate, has resisted labels, but he is often described as part of the so-called emerging church movement, which caters to younger believers and has challenged theological boundaries as well as pastoral involvement in conservative politics.

We as Evangelicals must stand up and present the sound teaching of Orthodox Christianity. Where the bible is inerrant, Christ died in penal substitution for a believers sin past, present and future that there is a heaven (for believers in Christ) and a hell (for those who rebel against the Gospel). Tell the truth about love that love does "Win" because of God's justice and His glory. Can you see the agenda in Erik Eckholm's article? He gives a lot of print to Scott McKnight's blog. In which he states,  

In an interview and on his blog he said that the thunder emanating from the right this week was not representative of American Christians, even evangelicals. According to surveys and his experience with students, Mr. McKnight said, a large majority of evangelical Christians “more or less believe that people of other faiths will go to heaven,” whatever their churches and theologians may argue.  

This speaks of two problems in the church. First, pastors and leaders in the church are not preaching and teaching sound theology and Christian Orthodox views.  The second issue is Our presence and voice is shrinking in the public arena. Do not let the media and society "box" us in and tell us our worldview can only be expressed in private. Wake up Evangelicals! Regardless of what they say I say we continue in the great Christian Orthodox tradition and preach the gospel as it is presented in scripture. Then in the public arena state,


I want to rock right now
I'm The Gospel Cryer and I came to get down
I'm not internationally known
But for Christ I rock the microphone...