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# New Christians vs. Young, Restless and Reformed
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200851new-christians-vs-young-restless-and-reformed-html/
- Published: 2008-05-01T18:59:53.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:31:48.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Emerging Church, Faith, Theology, #DashHouseCom, #wp

[Tony Jones](http://tonyj.net/?ref=dashhouse.com), coordinator of [Emergent Village](http://emergentvillage.com/?ref=dashhouse.com), and Colin Hansen, author of [*Young, Restless, and Reformed*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1581349408/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com), have begun an [online exchange](http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/mayweb-only/118-51.0.html?ref=dashhouse.com). Says Jones:

> Where we probably differ is not so much on theology, but on epistemology. That is, it seems the difference between the people you profile in *Young, Restless, Reformed* seem pretty darn sure that they’ve got the gospel right, whereas the Emergents that I hang out with are less sure of their right-ness. In fact, they’re less sure that we, as finite human beings, can get anything all that right.

> Here’s another way I’d explain the differences. An American Christian today is beset by globalization, pluralism, and postmodernism (three terms that I use interchangeably). In other words, the world is a confusing mess. I think that conservative, evangelical, Reformed theology offers sure answers spoken in tones of certainty by authority figures. Emergent Christianity, for better and worse, offers more ambiguous answers (and even more questions!) in tones of less certainty – but, hopefully, at least with what Lesslie Newbigin called ‘proper confidence.’