Postmodernism

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Postmodernism and the Emerging Church
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See to it that no one takes you captive through
hollow philosophy, which depends on human
tradition and the basic principles of this world
rather than on Christ. Colossians 28
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POSTMODERN?

• The period of time after the Modern Period
• A term describing an approach to art,
  architecture, literature, etc.
• A pejorative term describing someone who does not
  believe in objective truth (or morality) or our
  ability to know it

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CLASSIC
The Road To Postmodernism
MODERN
POSTMODERN
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CLASSIC
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY . . .
2000 BC AD 1400
Revelation Reason Experience
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MODERN
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY . . .
1400 -1900/1960?
Revelation Reason Experience
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MODERN
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY . . .
Reason Experience
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POSTMODERN
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY . . .
1900/1960? - Present
Reason Experience
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POSTMODERN
KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH DISCOVERED BY . . .
Experience
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POSTMODERNISM
No Absolute Truth
only MY truth
No Past, no Future
only NOW
No Underlying Meaning or Purpose
only MY Meaning and Purpose
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EMERGING CHURCH?

• The most recent movement to challenge the status
  quo of the conservative, Evangelical church
• A term describing churches that focus on creative
  methods to engage the Postmodern culture
• A pejorative term describing a person who rejects
  traditional, conservative doctrine

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The Emerging Church Flash Points

• Knowledge/Truth
• The Bible
• Salvation
• Culture

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Three Approaches to Culture
Offended Withdraw Delighted Assimilate Dist
ressed Engage
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Takeaways One Truth Three Callings
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We live in a Postmodern culture We are called
by God to grow in our knowledge of sound
doctrine We are called by God to aggressively
engage the culture We are called by God to
prioritize unity and love for other believers
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The cultural updwellings and wildness of the
60s kicked out the props of a teetering moral
structure, but the new house has not yet been
built. -Todd Gitlin Univ. of Col.
Berekely Wilson Quarterly
America is waiting for a message of some sort or
another. -David Byrne Brian Eno My
Life in the Bush of Ghosts
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See to it that no one takes you captive through
hollow philosophy, which depends on human
tradition and the basic principles of this world
rather than on Christ. Colossians 28
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