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Challenges to Evangelism In A Post-Modern World
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The Challenges of Evangelism Today
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Problems Doing Evangelism in the World We Live in

• It is hard to proclaim the forgiveness of sins
  to people who believe that, since morality is
  relative, they have no sins to forgive.
• Gene Veith, Postmodern Times, p.16

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Obstacles to Evangelism Today

• The World we Live In
• Rejection of moral absolutes
• The skepticism of our society
• An indifference towards
• truth or rejection of truth

Signs of Trouble Have Surfaced Even In The East
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Signs of Trouble Have Surfaced Even In The East

• Many students don't think that there is a
  standard of right and wrong. Rather, they believe
  that this is up to the individual. This means
  they do hold a standard of right and wrong
  themselves, but they feel that each person's
  standard of right and wrong differs from the
  other.
• Personally, I feel stuck as to how to proceed
  on with the conversation. It's like saying that
  this food is nice for me but may not be nice for
  you. They relegate the standard of right and
  wrong to personal preference.

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Signs of Trouble Have Surfaced Even In The East

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• I find that I'm shaken. Not in terms of my
  faith but in terms of how to answer such
  questions.
• - Former Student, East Asia
  School of Theology

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There is an intolerance towards those who say
there is a bridge they must cross!
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Our Problems In Evangelism Are Just the Tip Of
the Iceberg
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Our Problems in Evangelism Are SymptomsOf An
Even Greater Problem!

• As we approach the twenty-first century, It
  doesnt take a rocket scientist to recognize that
  our entire culture is in trouble. We are staring
  down the barrel of a loaded gun and we can no
  longer afford to act like it is loaded with
  blanks.
• J. P. Moreland, Love Your God with All Your
  Mind, p.21

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A. Evidence of the Worlds Impact On Christians

• 1. Some Christians are losing their moral compass
  and embracing moral relativism
• 53 of those who call themselves evangelical
  Christians believe that there are no absolutes.
• Yet 88 of evangelicals believe that The Bible
  is the written word of God and it totally
  accurate in all it teaches.
• George Barna, The Barna Report What Americans
  Believe (Ventura, CA Regal Books, 1991), pp.
  83-85

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Evidence of the Worlds Impact On Christians

• 1. Some Christians are losing their moral compass
  and embracing moral relativism.
• 2. Some of our leaders struggle with establishing
  a biblical worldview framework in their teaching
• Just half of all Protestant Senior Pastors (51)
  meet the criteria for having a biblical worldview
  (2004).
• The criteria are believing that God is the
  all-knowing and all-powerful creator of the
  universe who still rules it today that Jesus
  Christ never sinned that Satan is real that
  salvation is received through faith in Christ,
  not by good deeds that every follower of Christ
  has a responsibility to share their faith with
  non-believers that the Bible is accurate in all
  that it teaches that absolute moral truth
  exists and that absolute moral truth is
  described in the Bible.
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Evidence of the Worlds Impact On Christians

• 1. Christian lay people are losing their moral
  compass.
• 2. Some Christian leaders themselves struggle
  with establishing a biblical Worldview.
• 3. For some the content of their Christian faith
  is losing its structure
• 72 of born again Christians believe they
  personally have a responsibility to tell other
  people their religious beliefs
• Born Again Christians, 2000, George Barna, Barna
  Web-site
• Yet only 2 out of every 10 born again Christians
  (19 percent) knew the meaning of the Great
  Commission.
• Half correctly described the content of John
  316, and 6 out of 10 knew the meaning of the
  term the gospel.
• George Barna, Evangelism that Works, 1995, p.37

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A Misunderstanding Of What is Involved in
Biblical Faith

• About one out of four (26) born again
  Christians believe that it doesnt matter what
  faith you follow because they all teach the same
  lessons.
• Born Again Christians, 2000, George Barna, Barna
  Web-site

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• Student, University of Texas at Austin
• What is her misunderstanding concerning Biblical
  Faith?

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Christianity is Based on a Historical Event

• And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching
  is useless and so is your faith.
• I Corinthians 1514 (NIV)

• Biblical faith must have an object to be
  valid.

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Evidence of the Worlds Impact On Christians

• 1. Christian lay people are losing their moral
  compass.
• 2. Some Christian leaders themselves struggle
  with establishing a biblical Worldview.
• 3. For some the content of their Christian faith
  is losing its structure
• Some Christians are becoming less certain of
  their beliefs and more reluctant to share the
  good news.
• B. Negative repercussions on church growth

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B. Negative repercussions on church growth

•   How is it possible for a person to be an
  active member of an evangelical church for twenty
  or thirty years and still know next to nothing
  about the history and theology of the Christian
  religion, the methods and tools required for
  serious Bible study, and the skills and
  information necessary to preach and defend
  Christianity in a post-Christian, neopagan
  culture?
• J.P. Moreland, Love Your God With All Your Mind,
  p.188

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Implications For The Church

• "When a majority of Christian adultsas well as
  three out of four born again teens proudly cast
  their vote for moral relativism, the Church is in
  trouble.
• Continuing to preach more sermons, teach more
  Sunday school classes and enroll more people in
  Bible study groups won't solve the problem since
  most of these people don't accept the basis of
  the principles being taught in those venues. The
  failure to address this issue at its root, and to
  do so quickly and persuasively, will undermine
  the strength of the church for at least another
  generation, and probably longer."
• George Barna, The Barna Update "Americans Are
  Most Likely to Base Truth on Feelings" from Feb
  12, 2002

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II. Understanding Post-Modern Influences and Why
Our Christian Foundations Are Being Eroded Away

• How Did the Church Fall Into This Crisis?

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•   When the foundations are being destroyed, what
  can the righteous do.
• Psalm 113

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A World View Shift

• a major cause of our current crisis consists
  of a world view shift from a Judeo-Christian
  understanding of reality to a post-Christian
  one.
• - J. P. Moreland, Love Your God with All
  Your Mind,
• p.21

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• The Tsunami of Post-Modernism

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II. Understanding Post-Modern Influencesand Why
Our Christian Foundations Are Being Eroded Away.
A. Understanding the three main periods of the
history of western thought (Pre-Modern, Modern,
and Post-Modern)
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Changing Beliefs Concerning God
Historical Development of Western World Views
Thomas Oden first suggested that the modern age
lasted 200 years lt 1789- 1989 gt
To understand the modern period we need to
understand the pre-modern period.
To understand the post-modern period we need to
understand the modern period.
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Changing Beliefs - Theism
Historical Development of Western World Views
THEISM
THEISM
GOD
COSMOS
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Changing Beliefs - Deism
Historical Development of Western World Views
THEISM
THEISM Deism
GOD
GOD
COSMOS
COSMOS
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Changing Beliefs - Atheism
Historical Development of Western World Views
THEISM
ATHEISM
THEISM Deism NATURALISM
GOD
GOD
GOD
COSMOS
COSMOS
COSMOS
.
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Changing Beliefs - Atheism
THEISM
ATHEISM
THEISM Deism NATURALISM Nihilism
GOD
GOD
GOD
COSMOS
COSMOS
COSMOS
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Changing Beliefs - Atheism
Historical Development of Western World Views
THEISM
ATHEISM
THEISM Deism NATURALISM Nihilism
EXISTENTIALISM
GOD
GOD
GOD
COSMOS
COSMOS
COSMOS
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1). Philosophical ideas from Europe (Hume and
Kant)

• If what we can know comes only from our sense,
  and God is outside our senses, we cannot know
  God.
• The Bible became merely a guide for ethical and
  spiritual growth

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Changing Beliefs - Pluralism
Historical Development of Western World Views
1st Century 17th Century
19th Century 19th-20th
Century 20th Century
Late 21st Century
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II. Understanding Post-Modern Influences

• Understanding the three main periods of the
  history of western thought (Pre-Modern, Modern,
  and Post-Modern)
• Understanding the Post-Modern Period
• Two Main Characteristics
• 1. Pluralism
• 2. Post-Modernism

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Religious Pluralism

• Is the belief that all religions are true.
• (They all have a part of the truth)

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RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
HINDUISM
ISLAM
TAOISM
CHRISTIANITY
BUDDHISM
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II. Understanding Post-Modern Influences

1. Understanding the three main periods of the
   history of western thought (Pre-Modern, Modern,
   and Post-Modern)
2. Understanding the Post-Modern Period
3. Understanding Post-Modernism and its impact

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C. Understanding Post-Modernism and its impact
What is Postmodernism?
A. Main Characteristics 1. In general it is a
rejection of anything modern
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Changing Beliefs - Pluralism
Historical Development of Western World Views
THEISM
ATHEISM
PLURALISM
THEISM Deism NATURALISM Nihilism
EXISTENTIALISM Fill in the blank

• Postmodernism (influenced by the philosophy of
  Nietzsche)
• Weak Theism (of various stripes)
• New Age Pantheism, Monism

A key belief in a modernistic framework is that
science and reason could solve all of mans
problems
GOD
GOD
GOD
COSMOS
COSMOS
COSMOS
(Ps. 191) The heavens are telling the glory of
God and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
(Psalm 531) The fool says in his heart, There
is no God.
(Judges 176) In those days there was no king in
Israel every man did what was right in his own
eyes.
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A. Main Characteristics
2. It is a belief in the Incredulity of
meta-narratives
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Postmodernism
I define postmodern as incredulity toward
meta-narratives, Jean-François Lyotard, The
Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge,
1984, xxiv
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What is Postmodernism? A. Main Characteristics
3. Its a total rejection of the idea of
absolute truthin favor of mere cultural
relativism
What are the characteristics of relativism from
a postmodern perspective?
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Characteristics of Post-Postmodern Relativism

• No universal moral rules or standards exist
• No single standard or set of standards has been
  (or is) universally accepted as binding on
  everyone.
• Moral norms vary from culture to culture and are
  determined by social setting or environment.

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What is Postmodernism?
1. In general it is a rejection of anything
modern 2. It is a belief in the Incredulity of
meta-narratives 3. Its a total rejection of the
idea of absolute truthin favor or cultural
relativism 4. In its most extreme form, it is a
belief that our thoughts, attitudes, as well as
our very existence is just a social construct and
not real.
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Beliefs are merely social constructs!

• But postmodernist go beyond observing the
  influence of culture to declaring that all
  beliefs and knowledge claims are arbitrary
  social constructs, fabrications of culture.
• Dennis McCallum, ed., The Death of Truth.
  (Minneapolis Bethany House, 1996). p.13.

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C. Understanding Post-Modernism and its impact
Postmodernism is thus an eclectic construct,
shrouded in deconstructionalistic and
post-structuralistic verbiage, based on the
hermeneutics of suspicion and an epistemology of
uncertainty that leads to the three defining
features of postmodernity as a cultural mood--ie.
The incredulity of meta-narratives, the
propagation of reality as a social construct and
the emergence of hyper-reality as a postmodern
phenomenon. As such, postmodernism is a sad
commentary of mans desperate search for meaning
a vain championing of an ideological abstraction
which promotes an ideological arbitrariness a
reasoning without reason in the face of human
arrogance and absurdity, which ultimately ushers
one towards fideism at best and nihilism at
worst. (Rev. Edmund Chan )
What is Postmodernism?
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C. Understanding Post-Modernism and its impact
What is Postmodernism?

1. Main Characteristics
2. A Biblical response to its more extreme form

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Remember that Biblical truth is not a matter
of your own perspective!

• Above all you must understand that no prophecy
  of Scripture came about by the prophets own
  interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin
  in the will of man, but men spoke from God as
  they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Peter 120-21 NIV

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Remember that Biblical truth can not be
contradictory

• The Apostle Paul said, But as surely as God is
  faithful, our message to you is not yes and no.
• (2 Cor. 118 NIV)

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III. The Implications of Post-Modern Thought On
Our Witness to Others

• How it impacts others
• They feel free to create or construct
  knowledge's and realities.

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This Explains Why Many Are Questioning The
Biblical Story of Jesus
The Da Vinci Code The Lost Gospel of Judas The
Lost Tomb of Christ
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The Implications of Post-Modern Thought On Our
Witness to Others

• How it impacts others
• They believe that our belief that Jesus is the
  way, the truth, and the life is just one of the
  narratives among other narratives in the world
  that are equally as valid.
• Their pluralistic mindset gives them no internal
  motivation to hear about Jesus.

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Challenges to Evangelism In a Post-Modern World
I. Our Changing World and Its Impact on
Christians II. Understanding Post-Modern
Influences and Why Our Christian Foundations Are
Being Eroded Away. III. The Implications of
Post-Modern Thought On Our Witness to
Others IV. Things To Keep In Mind In Our Witness
To Post-Moderns?
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IV. Things To Keep In Mind In Our Witness To
Post-Moderns Some Important Keys?
We need to better understand the times or culture
in which we live. (1 Chron 1232).
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IV. Things To Keep In Mind In Our Witness To
Post-Moderns Some Important Key? Remember that

• Our convictions about Christ can come across as
  arrogant to some.
• Speak to them like one beggar to another

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Remember that

• Our belief in truth and absolutes goes against
  the post-modern grain.
• Work out issues with people on their own time
  table.
• Dont be afraid to admit when you dont know
  the answer to question your friends raise.

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Remember that
C. In order to speak to this postmodern
generation we need to intentionally communicate
by the appropriate use of questions,
illustrations, and stories.
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The Importance of Questions and Stories

• Two major characteristics of postmodernism are
  of particular importance to us in evangelism (1)
  the emphasis on questioning and (2) the
  displacement of propositional truth in favor of
  stories. If we are to be effective within this
  postmodern culture, then, our evangelism must
  involve the appropriate use of questions and
  stories.
• Nick Pollards book, Evangelism Made Slightly
  Less Difficult, p. 70

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Remember that
D. Helping people to think through their beliefs
critically has limitations in the culture in
which we live. We must be careful not give
an overdose of argumentation in explaining
the Christian faith.
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We Are To Love God With All Of Our Mind

• Love The Lord Your God With All Your Heart and
  With All Your Soul and With All Your Mind.
• Matt. 2237

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A Caution In Using Reason And Evidence

• there is just enough of the modern worldview
  left so that reason still has a point of entry.
  But we have to use this knowledge wisely. We
  cannot give an overdose of argumentation.
• Ravi Zacharias, An Ancient Message, Through
  Modern Means To the Postmodern Mind in Telling
  the Truth Evangelizing Postmoderns, p. 27

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Remember that
D. Helping people to think through their beliefs
critically has limitations in the culture in
which we live. Therefore we need to be
careful how we build head bridges with others.
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Head Bridge Questions That Are Apologetic Lite!

• If you were coming to the end of your life, and
  you met Jesus and other great religious leaders,
  and each suggested a different path, whos advice
  should you take.
• Wouldnt you take the advice of someone whos
  been to the other side and come back to tell us
  about it?

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Head Bridge Questions That Are Apologetic Lite!

• Has anyone ever explained to you the difference
  between Christianity and all other religions? I
  can explain the difference using two words, Do
  versus Done!
• All the religions in the world say you have to
  do something (Do)
• Christianity says, there is nothing you can do
  to earn your salvation, it has already been done.
  All you have to do is accept the gift that God
  has proved and invite Christ to some into your
  life, forgive you of your sins, and change you
  from the inside out (Phil. 213)

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Remember that
E. Because of post-modern influences, people
today tend to pick and mix worldviews. We
must be careful to listen to what they
really believe rather than a particular
religious label they give themselves.
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Remember That People Today Tend to
Pick-and-mix-Worldviews
this pragmatism necessarily leads to a
pick-and-mix adoption of worldviews. As people
face different situations, they wish to behave in
different ways. Consequently, they have to
believe different things. So, instead of adopting
one complete worldview, they pick bits of
different ones and mix them together. Nick
Pollard, Evangelism Made Slightly Less Difficult,
p.39
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Some Important Key? Remember that
E. Because of post-modern influences, people
today tend to pick and mix worldviews. We can
use this tendency to help people to more
carefully think through their beliefs.
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Some Important Key? Remember that
F. To more effectively reach those influenced by
postmodern thinking we need to speak to their
heart concerns most of all.
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Remember that
People are more creatures than creatures.
heart
head
Dave Montoya, Dealing With Both Minds and Hearts
Answering the Questions Behind the Questions,
located on Meekness web-site
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Remember that

• People care how little you know until they know
  how much you care.
• Example - Heart Bridges
• Former Hindu now staff worker for Campus
  Crusade.

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Remember that

• Remember that
• G. To have a greater impact on others dont
  underestimate the witness of the Christian
  community and the emphasis on the spiritual.

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Remember that

• Remember that
• H. Dont forget to witness to others in the power
  of the of the Holy Spirit (Acts 18 Jn. 665) .

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Remember we are just the instrument!
God chose the weak things of the world to shame
the strong. 1Corinthians 127b (NIV)
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A. Use thought provoking questions to create
interest in others in hearing about Jesus
IV. Specific Tips In Speaking The Truth of
Christ To Our Post-Modern Generation
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Why Cant We Always Just Proclaim the Truth?

• We live in a world where people are reluctant to
  be told what is true, but may be willing in some
  cases to see for themselves (as in a mirror) the
  inconsistencies in what they believe by asking
  them probing questions.Dave Geisler

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The joy of self-discovery
Conversation with our former nanny How do
you fit Jesus into your Buddhist beliefs?
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Why Asking Questions Is So Helpful?

• A person can close his ears to facts he does
  not want to hear, but if a pointed question
  causes him to form the answer in his own mind, he
  cannot escape the conclusionbecause its a
  conclusion that he reached himself.
• David Reed Baker, Jehovahs Witnesses Answered
  Verse by Verse, (Grand Rapids Baker, 1986) p.
  113

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B. Learn the art of asking questions with the
three Ds in mind
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AskAm I Asking Questions In A Way That
surfaces their Doubt (uncertainty) about their
own perspective, while at the same time minimizes
their Defensiveness, and yet creates a Desire
(curiosity) to want to hear more!
How do I know if I am asking the right kind of
questions in the right way?
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C. Determine if there is any possible question
and or issues behind the questions that are
raised (Mark 1218-27).
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Go Below The Surface
Proverbs 205 says, The purpose in a man's mind
is like deep water, but a man of understanding
will draw it out. Good apologetics requires
people of understanding who have the patience and
insight to not only deal with peoples stated
questions but to go below the surface and speak
to their true objections Rev. Dave Montoya,
Dealing With Both Minds and Hearts Answering the
Questions Behind the Questions, Unpublished
materials
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Jesus was a Mastered In Getting Below The Surface
In Mark 1218-27 when the Sadducees asks Jesus a
hypothetical question about who will be the
wifes husband at the resurrection, (since all
seven brothers were at one time married to her
but all died but didnt leave any children),
Jesus knew that their real question or concerned
had to deal with the issue of the resurrection of
the dead.
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Jesus was a Mastered In Getting Below The Surface
Jesus response Now about the dead risinghave
you not read in the book of Moses, in the account
of the bush, how God said to him, I am the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but of the
living. You are badly mistaken. Mark 1226-27
(N.I.V.)
Jesus points to a passage in the Pentateuch
(which they did accept) Ex. 36 which supports
the position that there is a resurrection.
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• Example
• How can you claim that there is only one way to
  God?

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How can you claim that there is only one way to
God?
What might be the belief behind the question?
They may believe that Christians are arrogant to
think that they have the truth and are therefore
better than others.
They may believe that Christians are not very
open to other faiths by being so exclusive.
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D. Learn how to more effectively communicate the
truth of the Christian message by the appropriate
use of illustrations and or stories.
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• Example 1 (Student with Hindu background)
• Why arent my good works good enough to get
  into heaven?
• What is the truth we want him to grasp
  concerning the question or issue raised?
• Theological Truth
• We tend to overestimate our own righteousness
• and underestimate Gods holiness.

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A Story to illustrate this truth
Suppose you were drinking some water out of a
paper cup. Would it be acceptable for me to put a
little sewage in your water?
If not do you see how something can seem so small
but in reality still have a huge impact?
So is it possible our sins could cause a bigger
barrier between us and God than we think?
Concept adapted from Glenn McGorty (Mirror
Model)
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Common Barrier (2 of 3)Wedding Dress Analogy
Picture a young women getting out of the car in
her beautiful white wedding dress. Then imagine
another car pulling up right next to her and a
man with grease all over him getting out. As he
gets out and passes by her, he smears grease all
over her beautiful white wedding dress.
Now, do you think that wedding dress is going to
acceptable to her?
Of course not, because the dress has to be
spotless!
Concept adapted from Glenn McGorty (Mirror
Model)
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E. Find common agreement even in your
disagreement with those you are trying to reach
(Acts 1722).
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• For since the creation of the world God's
  invisible qualities-- his eternal power and
  divine nature-- have been clearly seen, being
  understood from what has been made so they are
  without excuse.
• For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do
  instinctively the things of the Law, these, not
  having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that
  they show the work of the Law written in their
  hearts
• Romans 120 214-15

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Find Common Agreement
And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and
said, Men of Athens, I observe that you are very
religious in all respects. (Acts 1722)
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Learn the Art of Positive Deconstruction!

• The process of positive deconstructionism
  recognizes and affirms the elements of truth to
  which individuals already hold, but it also helps
  them discover for themselves the inadequacies of
  the underlying worldviews they have absorbed. The
  aim is to awaken a heart response that says, I
  am not so sure that what I believe is right after
  all. I want to find out more about Jesus.
• Nick Pollard, Evangelism Made Slightly Less
  Difficult, p. 44

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E. Find common agreement even in your
disagreement with those you are trying to reach
(Acts 1722).
I believe that all religions are true!
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F. Build your bridge with others using planks of
common understanding, even those they may not
be totally aware of.
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Build Your Bridge Using Planks Of Common
Understanding
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F. Build your bridge with others on planks of
common understanding, even those they may not
be totally aware of.
The problem with pluralism
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Pluralism
All views are true!
If all views are true then nothing is true!
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Pluralism
Dr. Norman Geisler
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F. Build your bridge with others on planks of
common understanding, even those they may not
be totally aware of.
Even radical postmodernist cannot deny a
belief in some truth
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Helping Others to Understand The Truth About
Postmodernism?

• Postmodernism is self-defeating

The statement that all beliefs and knowledge
claims are merely social constructs and therefore
not real, is a statement about reality and
therefore it is self-defeating.
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G. Ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom in our witness
with others (James 15).
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The challenge that lies ahead for us

• the challenge lies before us to reach a
  generation that hears with its eyes and thinks
  with its feelings.
• Paul Copan, True for You But Not For Me, p. 155

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Challenges to Evangelism In a Post-Modern World
(An Overview)

• Intro Witnessing today is more difficult
• I. Our Changing World and Its Impact on
  Christians
• II. Understanding Post-Modern Influences and Why
  Our Christian Foundations Are Being Eroded Away.
• III. The Implications of Post-Modern Thought On
  Our Witness to Post-Moderns
• Things to keep in mind in our witness to
  post-moderns
• Specific Tips In Speaking The Truth of Christ To
  Our Post-Modern Generation

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Challenges to Evangelism In A Post-Modern World
www.MeeknessAndTruth.org
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Implications of Postmodern Thought in their own
words

• Jacques Derrida
• Jean-Francois Lyotard
• Michel Foucault
• Richard Rorty

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Postmodernism
Postmodernism- a world in which truth is
socially constructed. In the postmodern view,
there is no longer a single story, a
metanarrative (i.e., worldview) that holds
Western culture together. With postmodernism, no
metanarrative can have more credibility than any
other. All stories are equally valid.
I define postmodern as incredulity toward
meta-narratives, Jean-François Lyotard, The
Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge,
1984, xxiv
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• History is fiction. History is written from
  the bias of the writers culture, race or
  gender. What is called historic is wholly
  subjective. (Michel Foucault)

Art Lindsley, C.S. Lewiss Case for Christ
(Illinois InterVarsity Press, 2005)
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• Knowledge is power. We must be suspicious of
  anyone who claims to give us truth. They are
  only out to further their own (and their
  groups) vested interests.
• (Michel Foucault)

Art Lindsley, C.S. Lewiss Case for Christ
(Illinois InterVarsity Press, 2005)
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• Ethical claims are mere sentiments. We cannot
  call anything right or wrong. For example,
  there are no neutral grounds on which to
  condemn the Holocaust.
• (Richard Rorty)

Art Lindsley, C.S. Lewiss Case for Christ
(Illinois InterVarsity Press, 2005)
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• Deconstruction is justice. We must ferret out
  the contradictions in every piece of literature
  so that we can uphold justice and avoid
  injustice. (Jacques Derrida)

Art Lindsley, C.S. Lewiss Case for Christ
(Illinois InterVarsity Press, 2005)
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• Postmodernism is really better referred to as a
  mood as opposed to a worldview as worldview is
  the one thing that Postmodernism denies