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Preaching to a postmodern world : a guide to reaching twenty-first-century listeners /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2001.Description: 189 Pages. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0801063671 (pbk.)
  • 9780801063671 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 251 21
LOC classification:
  • BV4211.2 .J58 2001
Contents:
While growing churches dot our urban centers and country landscapes, church-goers and students today are actually less likely to maintain a Christian worldview than in the past. In fact, the majority of society does not even believe in objective truth. A minister out of touch with this culture is like an uninformed missionary trying to teach in a foreign country. To communicate God's Word effectively in the twenty-first century, teachers need to know how to connect with and confront an audience of postmodern listeners. In Preaching to a Postmodern World, Johnston shows pastors, seminary students, professors, lay teachers, and church leaders can reach the present age without selling out to it. The book discusses how to: - distinguish between modernism and postmodernism - understand postmodern worldviews - change the style of preaching without compromising the substance - take advantage of new opportunities provided by the cultural shift - show an inattentive society the relevance of God's truth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189).

While growing churches dot our urban centers and country landscapes, church-goers and students today are actually less likely to maintain a Christian worldview than in the past. In fact, the majority of society does not even believe in objective truth. A minister out of touch with this culture is like an uninformed missionary trying to teach in a foreign country. To communicate God's Word effectively in the twenty-first century, teachers need to know how to connect with and confront an audience of postmodern listeners.

In Preaching to a Postmodern World, Johnston shows pastors, seminary students, professors, lay teachers, and church leaders can reach the present age without selling out to it. The book discusses how to:
- distinguish between modernism and postmodernism
- understand postmodern worldviews
- change the style of preaching without compromising the substance
- take advantage of new opportunities provided by the cultural shift
- show an inattentive society the relevance of God's truth

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