Is there a dichotomy between fact and faith? A frequent cause of mutual alienation among Christians is the charge of too much certainty on the one hand and too little certainty on the other. Is it possible to find a kind of certainty that is confident and yet humble and teachable? We live after the Enlightenment, which looked for the ideal of knowledge in an "objectivity" that pretended to eliminate all the subjective factors in human knowledge and to provide undisputed certainty. For many, this has led to the collapse of belief in objective truth, skepticism, and nihilism. Christian affirmation of the truth of the gospel must not fall victim to a false concept of objectivity but must take the form of personal commitment to a faithful God.