Preaching to a Postmodern World

Preaching to a Postmodern World
Author: Graham M. Johnston
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2001-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441201505

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 The author's keen insights into contemporary pop and media culture also help equip speakers to address today's listeners with clarity and relevance.

Preaching Christ in a Postmodern Culture

Preaching Christ in a Postmodern Culture
Author: K. A. Beville
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2010-04-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 144382187X

Starting with some observations relating to shifts in ecclesiology and identifying them as a move beyond contextualization to syncretism this work goes on to assess the feasibility of preaching in a postmodern culture which rejects both the idea of absolute truth and authority used as power. It traces the historical and philosophical development of postmodernism. The Enlightenment project is deemed to have failed and Christianity is perceived as an oppressive metanarrative. In a world that is becoming increasingly sceptical and where preaching practitioners are becoming disillusioned this book offers some guidelines about preaching to postmoderns. In a relational age rationality is impotent, but the author distinguishes between authoritative and authoritarian preaching allowing hope for the survival of the homiletic task. Humility is presented as preferable to certitude and persuasion is redefined. The author suggests using an inductive mode of communication as a means of engaging postmodern listeners. He signposts a way forward in the labyrinthine complexity of the new paradigm and demonstrates that the homiletic task is still feasible. Thus this book will be of interest to teachers and students of theology as well as pastors desiring to develop a new apologetic strategy.

Apologetic Preaching

Apologetic Preaching
Author: Craig A. Loscalzo
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2000-03-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830815753

Craig Loscalzo gives down-to-earth advice on how to communicate clearly and compellingly to a world that does not want to hear about morality, sin, evil, judgment or commitment. He gives straightforward explanations of the changes taking place all around us, including brief sample sermons in each chapter.

The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World

The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Apologetics
ISBN: 9781581349221

Believers who wish to thrive in a postmodern world must cling to the joy, truth, and love that comes only from understanding Christ and his ultimate purpose in this world.

Preaching to Pluralists

Preaching to Pluralists
Author: Chris Altrock
Publisher: Chalice Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780827230002

Effective evangelistic sermons require preachers to know their audience and to tailor their preaching accordingly. Chris Altrock uses findings of the Barna Research Group and his own experiences as a preacher to support his descriptions of several characteristics common to the unchurched or the lost crowd today. Recognizing that the audience today is vastly different from previous generations, Altrock suggests several approaches to these postmodern listeners, challenging preachers to change in order to reach the "field of harvest" that Jesus calls the church to love.

Preaching

Preaching
Author: Timothy Keller
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-06-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0698195094

Pastor, preacher, and New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shares his wisdom on communicating the Christian faith from the pulpit as well as from the coffee shop. Most Christians—including pastors—struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian gospel to change people’s lives. Timothy Keller is known for his insightful, down-to-earth sermons and talks that help people understand themselves, encounter Jesus, and apply the Bible to their lives. In this accessible guide for pastors and laypeople alike, Keller helps readers learn to present the Christian message of grace in a more engaging, passionate, and compassionate way.

Preaching to a Post-Everything World

Preaching to a Post-Everything World
Author: Zack Eswine
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441201602

Zack Eswine starts this unique pastoral resource with a captivating question: Could I now reach who I once was? Challenging the idea that today's preachers must do away with biblical or expository preaching if they are to reach non-Christian people, Eswine offers a way of preaching that embraces biblical exposition in missional terms. Recognizing all of the different cultural situations in which the gospel must be preached, he gives preachers practical advice on preaching in a global context while remaining faithful to the Bible. Pastors, seminarians, and church and ministry leaders who speak in various contexts will welcome this fresh, thoughtful examination of bringing the Word to today's multi-everything, post-everything world.

Emerging Churches

Emerging Churches
Author: Eddie Gibbs
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2005-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801027152

Provides a comprehensive examination of the emerging church phenomenon, considering emerging patterns in leadership, worship, mission, spiritual practices, and cultural engagement.

Preaching to a Shifting Culture

Preaching to a Shifting Culture
Author: Scott M. Gibson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801091624

A challenge to preachers to proclaim the Scriptures with authority and power in a post-Christian world.

How to Reach the West Again

How to Reach the West Again
Author: Timothy J Keller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578633756

Christianity is declining in the West. Churches in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe are closing their doors at an accelerating rate. How will the church respond? In this short but sweeping manifesto, New York Times bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller argues that this decline should prompt us to rethink evangelism from the ground up. Using the early church as our guide, churches and individual Christians must examine ourselves, our culture, and Scripture to work toward a new missionary encounter with Western culture that will make the gospel both attractive and credible to a new generation.