Posts Tagged by post-modernism
Literary Apologetics: Missionary Work in the Language of the Masses
| March 14, 2009 | Posted by Anthony under apologetics, atheism, Birth Pangs, Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, literary apologetics |
America is increasingly a mission field in its own right. Just as missionaries have to learn the language of the natives before they can present the Gospel effectively, so too do we need to do the same in America. This does not mean (per some trends in apologetics today) adopting the ‘language’ and methodologies wholesale. For example, some aspects of post-modernism provide legitimate insights into the nature of reality. However, much of post-modernism needs to be rejected as rubbish. Nonetheless, if we want to communicate with a Pomo person, we have to be able to speak their language, presenting truth in their context, without necessarily accepting as truth that context.
Online Presentation on the Demise of Christianity
| February 18, 2009 | Posted by Anthony under atheism, Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, philosophy, theism, theology |
Below I have the ‘video’ of my online presentation on the ‘death of Christianity.’ I have been developing a line of thought and the corresponding presentation for about a year. I adapted by presentation for the uniquness of this format. My adaptations reflected the fact that it was a virtual presentation, that it was predominantly a ‘professional’ church work Christian audience, and that it was predominantly a Lutheran Christian audience. Also, the outline of my presentation (unadapted) is about 45 mins, here I only had 30 mins to work with.
I am hosting the video on my ministry’s new Christian file sharing service, emphasizing apologetics videos. The site is www.apologeticsvideos.net. At this time, I am allowing anyone to post apologetics related videos so if you have got them feel free to upload them. (The chief advantage is that there is no time limit on a video. There is, however, a 100mb file size limit)
With no further ado, here is the video of the presentation:
Literary Apologetics Key to Turning the Tide
| February 10, 2009 | Posted by Anthony under atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, Christianity and Culture, Global Warming, Philip Pullman, theism |
Christians are not losing on facts, argument, logic, evidence, and reasoning. We are losing because we are not effectively transmitting the faith to the next generations and probably haven’t been doing so for some time. With more nonChristians in society, logically enough, this is manifested in pop culture. Fixing how we pass on the faith is one of the most important things Christians must do. With more informed and grounded Christians in pop culture, this will have its logical effect.
The second thing is we have to fight fire with fire. The author of the ChristianityToday article doesn’t make this point and I am at a loss as to why not. He does say, correctly:
“…the church needs to broaden its apologetics work to include serious analysis of and response to popular culture, now our most potent form of religious persuasion.
NBC Heroes: Did God Give them Their Powers? Angels and Monsters and Christianity
| October 13, 2008 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General |
A question is posed in this episode that ties in and I think is noteworthy. Nathan Petrelli wants to know who else could have bestowed all these powers except for God himself. By the end of the episode we know that mad scientists are the culprits and that his visions and sense of ‘divine purpose’ are the spinnings of another ‘hero’ that can control the mind. In this madcap universes of the heroes (and our own) the question is reasonable: just how would you know that it was God at work, that you were on the side of the angelic and not the monstrous?
Ministry in a Virtual and Digital Age
| April 29, 2008 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General |
I learned today that a friend of mine who specializes in the study of virtual communities and education did a presentation recently on ministry in a virtual world and I got a mention (around the 70 minute mark). I thought the presentation was excellent and if your church or ministry wants an overview on virtual…
A Review of Why We’re Not Emergent, critical book on the Rob Bell, Brian McLaren Movement
| March 28, 2008 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, book reviews, General |
Why We’re Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Moody Publishers (April 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0802458343 ISBN-13: 978-0802458346 Buy from Amazon.com Book web page: http://www.notemergent.com/ Book Description: “The Emergent Church is a strong voice in today’s Christian community. And they’re talking about good things: caring for the poor,…
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