The bottom line in the [Emerging Church] movement is they believe that we aren’t even supposed to understand precisely what the Bible means…it is an attack on the clarity of Scripture…it is a denial that we can know what the Bible really says… They have embraced this “mystery” as if it’s true spirituality…it is at the foundation an unwillingness to accept the clear teaching of Scripture…

These people, like the liberals, deny the clear teaching of Scripture. And I’m convinced that the reason they deny it, is not because it can’t be understood, not because it’s unclear, but because they don’t like what it clearly says. And that takes you back to John 3; men love darkness rather than light.

The light is there, they hate the light, [and] they run from the light. The issue is not that Scripture’s not clear; it is crystal clear…the motive behind this whole Emerging Church thing –whether it’s a conscious or an unconscious motive – is discomfort over what the Bible really says…so the out is, “well it’s not clear.” This is just another way to set the Bible aside.

(What’s So Dangerous About the Emerging Church?, CD Rom, Grace to You, Message: GTY107)