Are You a Submerger?

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Emerge: “To rise or come forth from or as if from water or other liquid.”
Submerge: “To put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.”

The Submerging Influence: The product of the sub-emerging theological conversation which recognizes the validity of both the postmodern and modern ethos. Subermergers are find themselves in an ocean of despair holding on to two anchors at once. The modern anchor sinks because of its reliance on absolute certainty in all things. The postmodern anchor sinks because of its lack of certainty about anything. Sub-emergers hope to keep both anchors from setting so that theological progression can continue, all the while trying to keep themselves from going down with either (which is not easy).

You might be a submerger if . . .

You don’t take yourself to seriously. (Important)

You do take Christ very seriously.

When you are around modernists, you become postmodern.

When you are around postmodernists, you become modern.

You love to hate the emerging church.

You hate to love the emerging church.

You have not got everything figured out.

(But you do have a lot figured out).

You complain about how much complaining there is in the church.

You divide with people because they are too divisive.

Your ecclesiology is the weakest part of your theology which makes it the strongest.

You have John Piper and Scott Mcknight in your RSS feed . . . and you like them both!

You fight for people’s right to drink alcohol and curse even though you don’t do so yourself.

You believe that the essentials of Christianity have to do with the person and work of Jesus Christ. (Most important)

You will fight like a dog for non-essentials and your heart rate is not affected. 

You have been though The Theology Program. (This is a good sign of your submergence)

Your least favorite theological subjects are eschatology (end times) and creation/evolution because everyone thinks they have all the details of the past and future figured out when you cannot even figure out the details of the present.

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