Hey everyone, I found this podcast for church-planters the other day and saw that John Burke (the author/pastor of the book "No Perfect People" that David gave us all) has an episode talking a lot about reaching postmodern peeps. He talks a lot about some of the topics in the book as well I think. If you haven't had the chance to start reading the book this is a thought-provoking discussion. And if you are like me you dig listening to guys talk on stuff like this, maybe more than reading.
They say some REALLY interesting stuff about creating that "come as you are" mentality that applies well to our movements I think.
Anyway check it out. You gotta have iTunes to listen to it:
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Hey DJ,
Thanks for posting this link. Our staff team has really been engaging how to effectively engage postmoderns, and manage the tension between connecting with students 'where they're at' while challenging their ideologies and theology when appropriate.
One of our biggest challenges is helping students understand the value of structure and thoughtful planning. Many want to be 'organic,' but fail to see how much 'work' it takes to be 'unstructured.' The other biggest challenge is moral relativism--and the lack of right and wrong in their conscience. Keller addresses this very well in some of his articles.
Any thoughts?
It was rejected, redeemed, and accept (I don't think there was another "r"). Every culture has some of these things, and all of them are different. And so what we must do with every area of each culture is say, "According to our biblical worldview, what we do accept, reject, or redeem"?
Take alcohol for instance. We don't reject alchol as unbiblical. Jesus himself drank it. But it can be used to sin wrongly. So we must REDEEM alcohol and show people how to glorify God with a good beer.
Drunkeness however is not something we accept or redeem; it is downright wrong and we must reject it.
Our cultural value of diversity is something we accept. We love diversity, because the Jesus made all peoples and loves them all equally (and is equally angry at all ethnicities for their sin).
So there ya go.
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