...the Shepherds' Conference (which were absolutely stellar, BTW; check 'em out!), and reading some of the commentary regarding the "Emergent Movement" I began to wonder if there's a connection between that and the New Perspective thingummy.

ISTM both of them, when someone attempts to point out a problem with either "movement", insist it is being misunderstood, or else that it's too amorphous to pin down with any specificity.

Coincidence? Or not?

Anne