Comments on: The New Christians – Review #1 http://www.davidmehrle.com/archives/11 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jfish http://www.davidmehrle.com/archives/11/comment-page-1#comment-4 jfish Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:59:41 +0000 http://studentministry101.com/archives/11#comment-4 We often hear of the pendulum that swings / has swung between the traditional evangelistic method (heaven and hell, black and white, personal salvation experience emphasis) and the postmodern evangelistic method (journey with a faith community, belonging-then-becoming, work out your salvation daily, etc. emphasis), but I agree that we can fail in either method without making it real: by speaking to specific aspects of a person's daily life. Way too many times, our sermons, our songs and our conversations before and after the worship service are generic and conceptual, leaving too much room for some people to ever have a chance at connecting the dots in their own lives. (I've definitely been guilty of that.) Thanks for your thoughts, David. We often hear of the pendulum that swings / has swung between the traditional evangelistic method (heaven and hell, black and white, personal salvation experience emphasis) and the postmodern evangelistic method (journey with a faith community, belonging-then-becoming, work out your salvation daily, etc. emphasis), but I agree that we can fail in either method without making it real: by speaking to specific aspects of a person’s daily life. Way too many times, our sermons, our songs and our conversations before and after the worship service are generic and conceptual, leaving too much room for some people to ever have a chance at connecting the dots in their own lives. (I’ve definitely been guilty of that.)

Thanks for your thoughts, David.

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