Friday, August 08, 2003
I recently received an email of a long article on Postmodernism. The following were the toughts I got on the subject.
Brothers and sisters,
I must first say that I have a strong dislike for any thing that attempts to lump an entire generation together as if they were of one mind. Postmodernism is such a concept. I heard a statistic once, (how they measure this, I'll never tell you) but that all known knowledge doubles every 18 months and it's getting shorter. In other words humanity will know twice as much as it does now in a year and a half. With change that rapid, we must be on our faces before the Lord asking Him for the approaches that will reach the Lost and obedient to the Spirit's leading, that is the only way we can possibly keep up.
Above that, we must realize that no one comes to Christ that is not led by the Spirit. By the time society gets a handle on what post modern is, it will be over, replaced by a new hype. The best thing we can do is follow the Spirit, pray, meet people where they are and share the love of Jesus in word and deed. I'm doing a study of Acts right now with my church plant and the thing that hits me week after week is that the model for the first church will still work today. Sometimes it seems that the church cannot stay relevant for 35 minutes, yet the model God gives in His Word (the Acts church) has managed to stay fresh and vibrant for 2,000 years. That's the power of a God who transcends time. The answers are still found in the Word. The more that things change the more God stays the same. Traditions are traditions. They are negotiable. The Word never changes if we build our churches on the Word and hold fast to the Word and allow the Spirit to adapt our traditions to the times (or dump them if HE sees fit), we can minister the truth of the Gospel to anyone. Be led by the Spirit and stand on the Word and God will do amazing things.
God bless,
Dave
Brothers and sisters,
I must first say that I have a strong dislike for any thing that attempts to lump an entire generation together as if they were of one mind. Postmodernism is such a concept. I heard a statistic once, (how they measure this, I'll never tell you) but that all known knowledge doubles every 18 months and it's getting shorter. In other words humanity will know twice as much as it does now in a year and a half. With change that rapid, we must be on our faces before the Lord asking Him for the approaches that will reach the Lost and obedient to the Spirit's leading, that is the only way we can possibly keep up.
Above that, we must realize that no one comes to Christ that is not led by the Spirit. By the time society gets a handle on what post modern is, it will be over, replaced by a new hype. The best thing we can do is follow the Spirit, pray, meet people where they are and share the love of Jesus in word and deed. I'm doing a study of Acts right now with my church plant and the thing that hits me week after week is that the model for the first church will still work today. Sometimes it seems that the church cannot stay relevant for 35 minutes, yet the model God gives in His Word (the Acts church) has managed to stay fresh and vibrant for 2,000 years. That's the power of a God who transcends time. The answers are still found in the Word. The more that things change the more God stays the same. Traditions are traditions. They are negotiable. The Word never changes if we build our churches on the Word and hold fast to the Word and allow the Spirit to adapt our traditions to the times (or dump them if HE sees fit), we can minister the truth of the Gospel to anyone. Be led by the Spirit and stand on the Word and God will do amazing things.
God bless,
Dave
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