Postmodernism

Truth, Post-Truth, and “Truth by Consensus”

By SI Filings

Mar 23 2020

"Functionally, truth by consensus has stepped up to fill the void left when we, in annoyance, bade objective truth to find quarters somewhere else. How did we get here? To orient ourselves in the current climate of moral reasoning, we need a quick refresher on philosophical developments, starting with the Enlightenment." - Ref21

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Deconstructing the Postmodern Thinkers

By SI Filings

Feb 11 2019

"[M]any postmoderns who promote a purist school of deconstructionism are fed their just desserts when their own paradigms are deconstructed. American university students have perceptibly recognized the inherent tension within a school of thought built on cynicism and suspicion." - American Conservative

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Philosophy

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"The Abolition of Man" at Age Seventy-Five

By Aaron Blumer

Aug 08 2018

"Since its initial publication seventy-five years ago, The Abolition of Man has served as one of the finest non-reactionary bulwarks against the faddish ideologies and various subjectivisms and other nihilistic nonsense of the political and cultural Left." - Intellectual Takeout

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No Bibles in Iowa: The Curious Case of Cedar Rapids

By Jim

Feb 09 2017

Whatever the reason, Christianity is no longer part of the dominant culture. “Going to church is not part of the DNA of people’s lives,” Benton said. “It’s pretty common to have someone say they’ve never been to a church before. We’re serving in a post-Christian area, and people are not going to church because mom and dad or grandpa and grandma did. Chances are, they didn’t.”

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Uncertainty vs. Renewed Confidence in the Word of God, Part 2

By Gary Gilley

Feb 08 2017

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Where to from Here?

As a result of these past and present influences, the church of Christ is facing an authority crisis. There has been a steady erosion of confidence in Scripture for several decades cumulating in theological and/or practical elimination of the need for the Bible in our lives. After all, in a society infatuated with success—theological understanding, biblical knowledge and even righteous living are no match for fancy buildings, high-powered programs, the finest in entertainment and emotional experiences (no matter what the source).

Very few churches grow numerically today because of solid teaching of the Word. That is because very few Christians today see the importance of the Word. To them the Bible is much like a musical concert, there to produce an experience, not to transform their lives. They see no vital connection between Scripture and life. To know God’s truth is not essential to how they want to live their lives, therefore they have no desire to study the Bible.

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