Preaching to a Postmodern World

A minister out of touch with a culture that rejects objective truth is like an uninformed missionary trying to teach in a foreign country. To communicate God's Word effectively, teachers must know how to connect with and confront postmodern listeners. This book shows how we can reach the present age without selling out. 192 pages, from Baker.

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 GoRead less