Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Postmodernism:Jones

Postmodernism is the beleif that we all have a story, but none of us have the same story. It is said in postmodernism that there is no place for religion and that everything is absolutley subjective. This is the world in which we live today. Everyone has a individual beleif and there is no one who has the exact same beleif. If we live in a world today who says there is no room for religion how are we suppost to share the works and words of God with them? It is our duty as youth ministers and beleivers in Christ to find a way to communicate the gospel to a world who does not beleive anymore.
First we need to start the process off my commnunicating with God through prayer. It is said that "Prayer is the most effective, most deadly weapon to the status qoe and the worldly ways of people. It will break those chains and boundaries and set them free from the slavery of sin they are under." We as God's people need to pray to him more than just five minuets of our day. We need to be serious! We NEED to be firm beleivers in the fact that God is GOD and he is listening to us each and every time we talk to him; He will answer our prayers if it is in His name and of His love! Think about it, how much would happen if we beleived in this with all that we are...amazing miracles!!!
Second, we need to be brave and open to anything that God wants us to do. He is the only one who is going to get us through this world and get to the people exactley what they need to hear to beleive in him, if we do not open our hearts and minds to the crazy things he wants us to do, we will not reach out to the people.
Third we need to not give up and keep going with patience and perserverance. Things are not going to change in a day, or week, or maybe even a year. We need to be patient and understanding to GOD'S time, not our own. He knows exactley what he is doing and he will bring it exactley when it needs to be broughten. If we give up and be impatient our miricles in the making could all go to waste and all the work and effort we had put into it would be wasted. Whenever we are weary or tired we need to learn to lean on God all the more and push all the more to tear down Satans evil tricks and plots.
With doing these three things i fully beleive that we can get across the amazing message of Love and Salvation to a world who has given up hope and no longer beleives.

1 comments:

Steve Bussey said...

Hi Stacy,

I would agree, but added to this, I would like to suggest like Paul, that we begin to think strategically and imaginatively about how we are engaging the gospel with our culture.

Think about Paul speaking to the men on Mars Hill in Athens: He used their poets, philosophers and idols as a means to break through their complacency and rejection of God.

Is there a way that we can do this today? What would we need to do to communicate the gospel in a world that rejects God?

What are your thoughts, Miss Cross?