Great Quote of the Week

This nicely sums up one of the major philosophical problems with the emergent movement,

"They [the Emergents] seem to be quite "certain" of their position of uncertainty and want others to believe it as well. It seems to be central to their gospel dogma, which has affirmations and denials and a missionary force, just like every other creed. If they are certain of the "dogma of uncertainty" then isn't it fair to ask if they are not using this as an attempt to gain power over others? And since certainty is impossible to avoid at some level, rather than pretend that we are free from it, it is a better question to ask how we can maintain certainty without oppressing others. I think THAT is the question we must ask. And the answer to this question is in the gospel itself...

Then he says, "The 'grace narrative' rather then the 'moral improvement narrative', as Tim Keller likes to call it."


From:
Deconstructing Uncertainty
by John Hendryx & Nathan Pitchford

Source: http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/deconstructing.html