I found this article by Rev. Ken Silva critical of the writings of Brian McLaren in particular, and emergent church in general. I’m certainly not an expert on Mr. McLaren’s writings, but I can definitely say I’m not a fan of Rev. Silva’s work.

He takes exception with the phrase

take another look at Jesus’ teachings about hell

and responds with

This is their serpentine smokescreen while they are busy redefining the historic orthodox Christian faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

(emphasis his). First of all, even from the brief piece shown, it’s
clear that this is not a call to rewrite scripture, but to review it’s
intent. But Rev. Silva clearly sees this as an attack on the core of
Christianity. I will agree with one statemtent he made, as long as the wording is changed. He wrote

This
Emergent Church movement is growing very quickly and without a doubt it
is creating a subversive influence within the Body of Christ

Change
“Body of Christ” to “church” and I would agree that this is a fair
assesment. But, with that change, I also think that it’s a compliment,
and not a criticism. I may not know a lot about everything that is
“emergent,” but I do know that I think it’s important that the church
remain current.

He also claims that “… God will also abandon him even further” if McLaren doesn’t “repent.” This is not the God that I know. God doesn’t abandon us. We may abandon God, but not the other way around.