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Solid Ground --Week 2 Lesson

Spiritual Warfare--Postmodernism

What is it? -- Why are we talking about it in Sunday School?

^ESV 2 Corinthians 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments ⁵ and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

While the enemy in Scripture is defined as the world, the devil, and the flesh--the battle is clearly ideological. 

Postmodernism is the dominant culture in which we live.  It influences everything you watch, everything you read, it is the very air that you breath today.  As Christians, it is important that we understand the world we are called to reach.  In the same way you wouldn’t send a missionary to a foreign country without some knowledge of the language and culture, we need to know and understand the language and culture of where God has placed us.

Postmodernism is also affecting the church.  What are these effects?  Are they good or bad? 

Quick History of Worldly Thought 

>  >  >  Progressively more anti-Christian thinking  >  >  >

Postmodernism – a radical reaction to the failure of modernism.

Four Essentials of the Christian Worldview that Postmodernists cannot stomach:

  I. Objectivity –-postmodernists believe truth is all subjective, relative

 II. Clarity –postmodernists believe meaning is determined by reader/hearer rather than author .  It's completely self-absorbed, the author's intent is irrelevant.

III. Authority –postmodernists insist there are no foundations for knowledge, all opinions are equally valid.

IV. Certainty –post modernists believe you can’t know anything for sure. 

These are only talking notes--Phil Johnson's complete message is available in written PDF or on audio mp3.

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