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# John Piper to the emergent types: a deep affection
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2006103john-piper-to-the-emergent-types-a-deep-affection-html/
- Published: 2006-10-03T17:06:21.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:20.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Emerging Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

The [Desiring God 2006 Conference audio](http://theologica.blogspot.com/2006/10/above-all-earthly-powrs-conference.html?ref=dashhouse.com) is up and it’s free. In the introduction to his message, [John Piper speaks directly to those attending the conference who are emerging](http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/EventMessages/ByDate/1836%5FThe%5FSupremacy%5Fof%5FChrist%5Fand%5FJoy%5Fin%5Fa%5FPostmodern%5FWorld/?ref=dashhouse.com):

> My guess is that there are a lot of emergent types here who are quietly watching, looking, and came to see what we would say. I think what I want to say to you is that my son Carston turned 34 yesterday. That’s give or take within a year of Mark Driscoll’s age. So I’m aware that I am old enough to be the father of probably half the people in this room, including those of you who aren’t seeing it our way.

> The way I want you to hear this is that I have known, I have tasted, what it’s like to have a son who is not where I wanted him to be, and still be his father, deeply his father. And that’s kind of the way I feel about all of you. *A lot of you are not where I want you to be, and I can still feel a very deep affection for you.* So I want that to be the feel of this morning’s talk.

**Update:** He says emergent in his talk; Stephen Shields wonders if he is making a distinction between emerging and emergent? My sense is no, he is not using it to refer to the Emergent organization – but I could be wrong.