I did read Carson's Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church.  I thought it was well written and precise. I am more in sympathy with Carson theologically, but I was not pleased with the spirit of the book. It seemed to jump to conclusions about matters on which McLaren was silent. McLaren is evasive, he doesn't want to say out loud exactly what he believes for two reasons, 1. He is not sure what he believes, 2. He doesn't want us to know what he believes. Carson I think assumes the worst in his book, I would want to assume the best about Brian. 

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