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POSTMODERNISM

In his book, The End of the World…As We Know It, Chuck Smith, Jr. gives as good a definition of postmodernism as I’ve read, “Postmodernity is what comes after we all stop thinking like engineers (i.e., rationalism).” Smith writes. “Postmodernity is not irrational; it simply does not believe that human reason holds all the answers to life’s questions. There are other ways to know beside human reason. They include story, metaphor, feeling, experience, and intuition.”

—The End of the World…as We Know It, p. 47-48 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

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POSTMODERNISM/MINISTRY

In his book, Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations, Dan Kimball writes, “Emerging generations are growing up in a completely postmodern world. This drastically affects how they think—it’s not just a change in style or preferences. It incredibly affects people’s spiritual viewpoints, their understanding of ‘God,’ and their thoughts about ‘Christianity.’ It affects how people process what they learn and how they think. It affects what forms of communication they use, how they make decisions, and how they relate to one another.”

—Emerging Worship, p. 45 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson

It isn’t that they are choosing to be postmodern, like a person chooses to be a democrat or a republican; it is that they are postmodern. The wise church is willing to adapt its methods, while not compromising on its beliefs to reach people they wouldn’t otherwise reach.

1 Cor. 9:22 (KJV) “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

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