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Preaching Holiness in a Post-modern Culture Slide 2 MODERNISM POSTMODERNISM Slide 3 HOLINESS MESSAGE MODERNPOSTMODERN Emphasis on CrisisEmphasis on Process Called Out From the WorldCalled To The World Personal AspectsCorporate Aspects Slide 4 HOLINESS MESSAGE The holiness message can be perceived by many post- moderns as arrogant and judgmental. 2 Corinthians 6:17 (NIV) "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." Slide 5 HOLINESS MESSAGE MODERNPOSTMODERN Emphasis on CrisisEmphasis on Process Called Out From the WorldCalled To The World Personal AspectsCorporate Aspects Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Effectively communicating the holiness message today will require a dual emphasis on the internal work of God (cleansing, come out) and the external societal transforming (empowering go to) power of God.. James 1:27 (NIV) Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. HOLINESS MESSAGE Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 MODERNPOSTMODERN Emphasis on CrisisEmphasis on Process Called Out From the WorldCalled To The World Personal AspectsCorporate Aspects Slide 12 HOLINESS METHODS MODERNISMPOSTMODERNISM Didactic Teaching/Preaching Narrative Story Telling Exegete Scripture Apply to Life Exegete Life Apply Scripture Slide 13 HOLINESS METHODS MODERNISMPOSTMODERNISM Didactic Teaching/Preaching Narrative Story Telling Exegete Scripture Apply to Life Exegete Life Apply Scripture Slide 14 HOLINESS METHODS The Way Weve Done It: Bible Exegete Illustrate Apply Due to cultural shifts, the Bible is no longer accepted as the ultimate authority to a post- modern or a post-Christian culture. New Paradigm: Life Exegete Life Bible Apply & Illustrate Start with Human Condition or Need Exegete Human Condition or Need EXAMPLE: Jesus and the Woman at the Well in John 4 Mark Beeson: Jesus taught this way and only taught the other way once, in Luke 4:14 f.f. Slide 15 HOLINESS MINISTRY MODERNISMPOST-MODERNISM Come and SeeGo and Serve Believe - Behave - BelongBelong Behave Believe - Become Program DrivenRelational Driven Slide 16 HOLINESS MINISTRY MODERNISMPOST-MODERNISM Come and SeeGo and Serve Believe - Behave - BelongBelong Behave Believe - Become Program DrivenRelational Driven Slide 17 HOLINESS MINISTRY MODERNISMPOST-MODERNISM Come and SeeGo and Serve Believe - Behave - BelongBelong Behave Believe - Become Program DrivenRelational Driven Slide 18 MANAGING THE SHIFT MODERNISMPOS-MODERNISM Church EvolutionChurch Revolution Segre-GenerationalInter-Generational Slide 19 MANAGING THE SHIFT MODERNISMPOS-MODERNISM Church EvolutionChurch Revolution Segre-GenerationalInter-Generational Slide 20 Slide 21