Preaching to a Postmodern World Quotes

“And yet, in the sound of that applause I heard a wall falling, a thousand-year wall, a wall of sanctions that said: We as a society do not approve of teenaged unwed motherhood because it is not good for the child, not good for the mother, and not good for us.” Noonan continues, “The old America had a more delicate sense of the difference between the general (‘we disapprove’) and the particular (‘let’s go help her’).”
― Graham M. Johnston, Preaching to a Postmodern World: A Guide to Reaching Twenty-first Century Listeners

“Stuart Briscoe believes, “People want to know if the Bible’s message can stand up to modern pressures and I want to assure them it can.”29”
― Graham M. Johnston, Preaching to a Postmodern World: A Guide to Reaching Twenty-first Century Listeners

“How something is said is as important as what is said.”
― Graham M. Johnston, Preaching to a Postmodern World: A Guide to Reaching Twenty-first Century Listeners

“We can no longer assume that our preaching takes place within a more or less ‘Christian culture,’ ” Craig Loscalzo says. “The great narratives of Judeo-Christian belief, the pivotal stories of the Bible’s characters, the epoch of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, either are not known or do not carry the meaning-making significance they did to previous generations.”
― Graham M. Johnston, Preaching to a Postmodern World: A Guide to Reaching Twenty-first Century Listeners