Truth And The New Kind Of Christian

The latest clarion call in the never-ending cavalcade of 'what's new' in the evangelical world is the confident assertion from some quarters that the church needs to embrace 'postmodernism' if it is going to engage postmoderns effectively. Pastors trying to break down the often indigestible subject matter of postmodernism into bite-size chunks in order to equip their people to engage it, and teachers who are aiming at giving their students a working knowledge of the way postmodernism is impacting the church will find a good deal of help from Smith.-J. Ligon Duncan III, Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MississippiScott Smith and I agree on a lot. We share a deep commitment to Jesus Christ, a love of the Bible, and a passion for the church. We also agree that we're currently living in a liminal time, and it's those 'boundary times' when people look most closely at the beliefs that underlie their practices. So, we've all got some things to figure out right now, including what we can really know and the certainty with which we can state our claims in a pluralistic society. I appreciate Scott's voice in this conversation. He is a careful reader of my work, and he writes with a gracious and generous tone. Interlocutors like Scott will be a helpful challenge to all of us in the 'emerging church.' I consider him a friendly critic and a brother in Christ.-Tony Jones, author of Postmodern Youth Ministry and National Director, EmergentScott Smith is uniquely suited to enter the Emergent convers

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