JakeBouma.com hits the bigtime! (thanks, Ken Silva)
February 19th, 2008 | 
A while back, my friend Josh Brown pointed out that Ken Silva is a great watchdog. He even presented him with the snazzy image/award at the top of this post. Well, he was absolutely right.
Josh’s basic beef was that Ken scours emergent-ish blogs for fodder on his own fundamentalist, anti-emerging “blog” (I use quotes because he doesn’t allow comments), where he warns “believers” of the cancerous effects of all things emergent.
Anyway, this is all to get to the point that Ken recently wrote a post entitled “The Emerging Church Swallowing Youth” (I won’t link to it; he doesn’t deserve the Google juice) in which he links to the interview I did with Tony Jones and then claims that “the Emergent Church has been using your young as spiritual guinea pigs”. Woohoo! I hit the bigtime - a link from Ken Silva!
Oh, and then he gives his warning:
Well, know this: In the eyes of our Lord, by your not speaking up at your local churches, you are responsible for allowing this Emergent rebellion against the Bible to swallow up a whole generation of evangelical young—a kind of spiritual abortion—in their “fertile training ground” for this man-centered emerging church apostasy.
So in the name of full disclosure, I align with many of the theological and philosophical underpinnings of the emerging conversation. Indeed, my spiritual journey has been decidedly enriched by it. However: If you’re reading this — and you go to my church — please, please speak up and do something about my heretical tendencies. All of the 40+ students in my ministry are in grave danger.
Oh yeah, and thanks again for the link, Ken.
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welcome to the club.
thanks, i’m honored.
I feel sad for Ken, what a sad angry life to lead. what a burden to put on one’s self - responsibility for the Christian youth of the world - wow.
*rolling eyes*
yeah, welcome friend, you really have made it big to get on silva’s list
ha! that’s hilarious, and, kinda sad i guess. i would really hate to define myself by what everyone else does wrong. i guess some people get off on that.
That’s just asinine. Oh, and you actually can link to his site without sending him google juice by putting in a rel=nofollow into the link.
Wah, me no angree :-)
nice bro! I got elevated myself in responding to the recent Cedarville University Shane Claiborn cancellation flap. I got some linkage and was given the name in an article, “Emergent Bouma.” Pretty cool, huh :)
-jeremy
Ken: I’m not sure I understand… You’re not angry? With whom? Please explain.
Jeremy: Well if I had to pick between the two of us for the title, I’d pick you!
HA-LAR-EE-US!
Way to go dude!
P.S. - Where can i get a cool cartoon like rendering of Shawn Kennedy, just like the perfect jakebouma you got?
It annoys me when blogs don’t allow comments. Good for you not linking to him. While there are aspects of theology that I don’t agree with some emergents… not all emergents agree with one another. I don’t think blantantly dismissing the whole movement or the questions they ask are helpful either.
I like the questions… questions are good they help us grow.
Anyway I know you and I disagree in a number of areas, but considering Valley let you minister there you couldn’t be all bad could you? ;) LOL!
im so jealous Jake, Ken is the mutts nuts…………or is that just nuts? :)
Jeremy, we chatted a bit on Jesus Creed over the Claiborne/Cedarville situation and I followed your name to your blog. I really like the site and look forward to checking it out more!
I especially liked this post, because for some reason, Silva thought I was worth his time as well. My blog hits increased 200% thanks to being his target for a day. It was awesome! You would think I was a successful speaker, writer, and pastor or something.
Kennyboy and his kind are way too busy fighting us to realise he should be fighting the real enemy… the Deceiver and his fruit… injustice… poverty… greed… I could go on.
It makes me sick, to be honest. All the infighting that goes on… brother against brother… reminds me of 1 John 4:20
If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
Show me the love!!! and show people for who they really are!
Anyway… keep up the good work Jake.
Now I feel like a real idiot. But I like the blog anyway I supposed. :)