A New Kind of BCS

Okay, so it's been a few days since I have written on here. As promised, I am going to be speaking about the BCS National Championship game. There is much to be said, but I will try to keep it to a minimum here. First of all, I think it's pretty obvious who has the best football conference in America. If you don't think the SEC is the best, then you haven't watched any football this year or you are just in denial. Face it people, the SEC has dominated in recent years. They have the last two National Champions and won more bowl games this year than any other conference. Do I think that LSU is necessarily the best team in the country? No. I think the only way to decide these types of things is on the field. The BCS system is completely moronic and is there really anyone out there right now besides an LSU fan, maybe an OSU fan, and anyone who might receive profit from the BCS system that would honestly say that you like it? I would love to see USC, Georgia, or LSU play again. I think that USC and Georgia would be a better championship game. LSU just won because they played well and OSU was THAT bad! If you couldn't see this coming then you are in denial too. The cupcake scheduling of the Big Ten conference? Pulease! I enjoyed the game because I wanted OSU to get blown out (it did) and I wanted an SEC team to win it (it did). Plus, throw in there the fact that the BCS got exposed for the sham that it really is and you have a recipe for a great night! The only thing that made it a little better were my Kettle Salt and Pepper Chips with some Tostitos Spinach dip.

How does the BCS relate to Christianity and more specifically, the Emerging Church? Well, the superficial similarities are the fact that neither one is the real thing. In the BCS, we didn't have the two best teams playing for the National Championship. We just had the two teams that got voted in somehow and went through the motions of playing out the supposed championship. The emerging church is the same thing. It's not really a Christian church, but it goes by that name and runs through the charade of supposedly being a church. Now, don't get me wrong here. I am not painting everyone that adheres to that movement "not really a christian" or people who may have a leaning in that direction. I am saying that the teachings within it are not Christian, but rather preaching another gospel. If you don't get sucked in by their clever books and cool media, and actually use your brain a little bit, you can see that what they advocate is not really Christianity. Do you need to believe in inerrancy of the Bible or the Virgin Birth to be saved? The short answer is no. Those are no pre-requisites for salvation as laid out in Scripture. However, it is logically inconsistent to try and deny those things and yet claim to have a relationship with Christ. I know "logic" is not popular to emergents, but you can't deny it without using it.

The emergent church is just plain dangerous. It's influence and advocating of Eastern and Catholic mysticism has invaded the Body of Christ. Christians are being swept up in this movement and being carried away from a real and true relationship with Christ. My experience does not constitute or explain my knowledge, but rather my knowledge explains and verifies my experience. Like the BCS, the emergent church presents itself as a form of Christianity, but it is really a false doctrine sweeping the Western church. Like LSU as BCS "national champion", we are left with a Christ who really isn't the real Christ.