This is the first part of a multiple part series on my Sunday School class entitled, Thinking Christianly in a Postmodern World.How should a Christian think? Does the Bible have anything to say about how a Christian should think? Romans 12:2 reminds all of us to “not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
These are commands to all Christians as they live out their lives in the current culture. Francis Schaeffer in his book, The Great Evangelical Disaster, posits the idea that we are in a battle that is of cosmic proportions, and the primary battle is in the spiritual realm. Schaeffer believed that our problems extended from the Enlightenment and its influence upon Christianity. His premise was that the great evangelical disaster was the failure of the evangelical world to stand for truth as truth. Is he right?
We currently live in a postmodern world which has never secured a dictionary definition of the term. This is a perfect example of the whole postmodern mindset. A postmodern world has no rules and puts little stock in the idea of human progress. Truths are relative and depend on what one’s culture regards as truth. J.I. Packer states the following:
“People are sitting loose to the idea that truth might be important. Most tend to sidestep the issue.”
The reality is this: false prophets and false teachers are in our midst. They will secretly bring heresies and false doctrines; how will we recognize them and stop them? We will stop them by thinking Christianly and recognizing the postmodern world for what it is. As we conclude, I leave you to ponder several application questions.
1. What is our true Christian calling regarding our mind?
2. Have we failed to stand for truth as Truth?
3. What can we do to begin the movement away from thinking that is postmodern and towards thinking that is Christian?
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