You are making some excellent points! If emerging Christianity is only focusing on the first-century social aspects of our faith then it is missing the “beyondness” of Christ’s message. The first century was as limited in scope as it was the immediate message Jesus spoke of which was to “save the lost sheep of Israel.”

Christianity is about more than politics, helping the poor, environment, social justice. Focusing on either one of those topics at the expense of the spiritual messag of the gospel is an error in my opinion. There is such a thing as a real relationship with an invisible but very real Creator that is not manifested only through environmental activism or socialist justice.

It’s actually strange to suddenly feel like the moderate in this conversation. I thought I would never see the day…hah! :)