The role of the church today, is the same as it has been since the day Jesus ascended to Heaven, and left us a mission to complete, saying in Matthew 28:18-20 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you…” (NIV). His commandment is timeless, and for all generations until He returns. He never changes, but this world, and the people in do. (Curtis, 2000) explains, that today mankind is in a postmodern world view, and as such, makes todays church very much as relevant today as it was in the years following Jesus’s ascension.
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(Curtis 2000) noted three characteristics of modernity, these are “…the primacy of human reason and the ability of humans to discover and communicate truth” (p. 45). On the surface this does not seem evil, but when flawed, fallen humans, interpret natural discoveries into truth, without God’s word as a guide, then that interpretation will also be flawed. The second characteristic is “…that both our understanding and our society are continually progressing” (p. 45). Unfortunately, this is usually applied towards morality, such as the modern definition of marriage. The third characteristic is “…its emphasis on and confidence in the individual” (p.45). This characteristic is a form of …show more content…
Truth has no value in itself unless it can achieve and immediate goal. Curtis (2000) states” Postmodern thought also draws deeply from the work of Friedrich Nietzsche who, like Kant, questioned man’s ability to perceive truth in a highly complex and chaotic world… all attempts to determine meaning are doomed to failure and truth is radically relative” (p.59). Views of truth like this, is an attempt to make it as pliable as putty, so that it can fit into any mold that one need it to fit into at the time one wants to exploit it. Another aspect of this characteristic is the idea that people are unable to convey truth by speech.as (Rorty,1999) claims “Humans invented language; the stuff of the universe did not cry out and tell humans what to call it. Language, then, with all its inherent categories, is something humans have superimposed on nature “(as cited in Hansen, 2015, p.
Nothing can surprise God, …show more content…
(Curtis 2000) noted three characteristics of modernity, these are “…the primacy of human reason and the ability of humans to discover and communicate truth” (p. 45). On the surface this does not seem evil, but when flawed, fallen humans, interpret natural discoveries into truth, without God’s word as a guide, then that interpretation will also be flawed. The second characteristic is “…that both our understanding and our society are continually progressing” (p. 45). Unfortunately, this is usually applied towards morality, such as the modern definition of marriage. The third characteristic is “…its emphasis on and confidence in the individual” (p.45). This characteristic is a form of …show more content…
Truth has no value in itself unless it can achieve and immediate goal. Curtis (2000) states” Postmodern thought also draws deeply from the work of Friedrich Nietzsche who, like Kant, questioned man’s ability to perceive truth in a highly complex and chaotic world… all attempts to determine meaning are doomed to failure and truth is radically relative” (p.59). Views of truth like this, is an attempt to make it as pliable as putty, so that it can fit into any mold that one need it to fit into at the time one wants to exploit it. Another aspect of this characteristic is the idea that people are unable to convey truth by speech.as (Rorty,1999) claims “Humans invented language; the stuff of the universe did not cry out and tell humans what to call it. Language, then, with all its inherent categories, is something humans have superimposed on nature “(as cited in Hansen, 2015, p.