Nearly a decade ago, a book was published called The Coming Evangelical Crisis (Moody Press).
It spoke of ‘disturbing theological emphases’ and ‘dark clouds’ were ‘forming on the horizon’. Well, now these ‘dark clouds’ are breaking over our heads, which is why we must speak of ‘The Current Evangelical Crisis’.
Postmodern heresies
The reason why there is currently a huge crisis in evangelicalism as a whole is the result of the megashift which has occurred in the way the world thinks over the past 40 years or so. This dramatically altered mindset has invaded and infected vast swathes of professing evangelicalism. So much so, that the term itself has become virtually meaningless. Virtually every conceivable religious deviation can now shelter under the umbrella of evangelicalism, if it so wishes.
