The first edition of this book was titled, Reinventing Your Church. You can tell by my use of this book in this month’s article that I think McLaren is off base. He looks at postmodernism as a missed opportunity to reinvent the church in a totally new light. Even our theology ought to be re-evaluated […]
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The Postmodern World
Erickson is best known as a theological writer. He has written quite a lot on postmodernism and I have appreciated what he has had to say. This latest book (2002) is a little different approach in that he uses current scenarios to present the dilemma of our culture and then comments on each one. I […]
Postmodern Pilgrims
Sweet has become a popular author and speaker on reaching the postmodern culture for Christ. For me, Sweet is too accommodating to the culture and this approach is a good example of “you win them to, what you win them with.” To Sweet, “the church is stuck in the modern freezer” and “they stand the […]
Neitzsche and Postmodernism
Some of the best helps in understanding subjects like postmodernism can be found at the local secular bookstore. This little book gives a gruesome (and sometimes sordid) picture of the 19th century’s most famous philosopher. The cover even describes Nietzsche as an “Anti-Christ” philosopher. He surely laid the foundation for much of what happened in […]
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
In my own readings in apologetics, especially in the area of atheism, few names in recent history stand out more than Nietzsche. There are many good biographies, long and short, on this well-known atheist of the nineteenth century, but if you are one who likes to get a taste of a man’s actual writing, I […]
Whatever Happened To Postmodernism?
Maybe it’s just the nature of the beast, but like a passing train, our fascination with this cultural phenomenon came upon us quickly and loudly, stopping everything in its path and demanding our piquant interest, until, just as fast, it rolled on past and we returned to newer and less demanding stimuli. It is not […]
No Past, No Future, No God!
Blaise Pascal wrote, “We are so unwise that we wander about in times that do not belong to us and do not think of the only one that does; so vain that we dream of times that are not and blindly flee the only one that is.”1 It seems that in times of unbelief, the […]
The Obvious Lie
Mark Twain once said, “The secret of success is sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”1 He should have been living today, we would hire him to teach leadership seminars. And it wouldn’t matter whether it was business, politics or church, the image we present has become more important than what we […]
From Modernism to Postmodernism
This large book (over 700 pages) is called “an anthology” because it contains 42 articles by various authors from Modern through Postmodern times. If you would like to read actual postmodern writers (and not just those who write about them) but don’t have time to wade through their individual books, this is a great place […]
The Real Issue of the Dimpled Ballots
The real issue of the election was not how to count the Florida votes. That game had been played many times before in major cities where the outcome of close elections had to be secured. No, the real issue was played out in the Supreme Court of Florida and of the United States. It is […]