Evangelism in a Postmodern World Final

Question 1

Mark 1 of a Robust Gospel

Answer 1

A Robust Gospel is a story.

Question 2

Mark 2 of a Robust Gospel

Answer 2

A Robust Gospel deals with a robust problem.

Question 3

Mark 3 of a Robust Gospel

Answer 3

A Robust Gospel is personal.

Question 4

Mark 4 of a Robust Gospel

Answer 4

A Robust Gospel is communal.

Question 5

Mark 5 of a Robust Gospel

Answer 5

A Robust Gospel includes the WHOLE story–The Life, Death, Resurrection & Spirit of Jesus.

Question 6

Mark 6 of a Robust Gospel

Answer 6

A Robust Gospel demands faith AND works.

Question 7

Postmodern Tenant 1

Answer 7

Truth is power, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Therefore, absolute truth is absent or unattainable.

Question 8

Postmodern Tenant 2

Answer 8

Our identity is not given or determined, but passively constructed.

Question 9

Postmodern Tenant 3

Answer 9

Language is not neutral, and shapes the way we see truth.

Question 10

Postmodern Tenant 4

Answer 10

There is no wholly impartial, assumption-free approach to truth. An inherited worldview, a set of background prepositions, always shapes one’s interpretation. Truth must be shared as story, not fact.

Question 11

Postmodern Tenant 5

Answer 11

History and traditions are another form of power, which pigeon hole us into only one way of seeing the world.

Question 12

Characteristics That Make Up a Practice (1)

Answer 12

A practice is distinguished from the skills that make it up.

Question 13

Characteristics That Make Up a Practice (2)

Answer 13

The standards of excellence, by which we judge a practice, are internal to the practice.

Question 14

Characteristics That Make Up a Practice (3)

Answer 14

By nature, it is a socially-established activity.

Question 15

Characteristics That Make up a Practice (4)

Answer 15

It may be “systematically extended” (

It evolves over time).

Question 16

Three Applications for Collaboration with the Spirit (1)

Answer 16

We listen to the whispers and nudges of the Holy Spirit.

Question 17

Three Applications for Collaboration with the Spirit (2)

Answer 17

We ask powerful questions of other to discover where God already is at work.

Question 18

Three Applications for Collaboration with the Spirit (3)

Answer 18

We collaborate with God in prayer for and with seekers and skeptics.

Question 19

Internal Goods of Evangelism

Answer 19

Discipleship, Community, God’s Glory.

Question 20

External Gains of Evangelism

Answer 20

Quantitative Growth, Power, Prestige, Influence.

Question 21

Language Isn’t Neutral (What are the problems with Christian language?)

Answer 21

1) Our language is often cliche, 2) Our language is often divisive, 3) Our language is often abstract or metaphorical, 4) Our language often doesn’t address the world’s robust problems.