1. Sharing our Faith: Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

2. Why are we facing such diversity in our congregations? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

3. The Church as an institution: Helpful or unhelpful? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

4. How can we proclaim the Christian truth in a world of diversity? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

5. To what extent should we declare the truth cf invite people to believe. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

6. Have we overemphasised the place of preaching and neglected other aspects of worship? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

7. How do we craft ‘sacred spaces’ for worship that allow enable to experience God? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

8. How do our methods of communication in the Church relate to those in the world? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

9. How do our methods of communication and learning in the Church relate to those in the world? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

10. Starting out: Do we live in a modern age? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

11. Introducing postmodernity: “It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!” Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

12. Star Trek NBC 1966-69 Mission: “To boldly go where no one has gone before.”

14. Original Star Trek Series: 3 Main Characters – Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy and Spock. Spock is an alien who thinks logically and does not sense emotion – against his character the weakness of human character can be seen. The series was aired against the backdrop of the cold war.

15. 1987-1994. New characters: Data, Counsellor Troy Development of the ‘Prime Directive’

16. Start Trek: Voyager, NBC 1995. Stranded in Space & making the long journey home

18. Star Trek: Reflecting changes in our community and attitudes Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

19. A clash of philosophies: What is ‘truth’? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

20. They who have power own ‘the truth’ – and can use it for their own ends. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

23. Instead, ‘truth’ is relative: no one has a right to assert or impose an ‘ultimate truth’ Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

24. Postmodern criticism of science and hope in human progress Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

26. 2 World Wars Awareness of human Failure Science and reason are no longer a panacea

27. Postmodernist criticism of language Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

28. Language is a slippery tool for communicating the truth. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

29. It is easy to be economic with the truth when using language. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

31. Language is not always the best vehicle to convey meaning….ie Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

32. ‘evangelical’ ‘left-wing’ ‘Church’ Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

33. The meaning of scripture is biased by culture, politics and ideology. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

34. There is no thing as ‘the self’, God is a ‘construct’, meta- narratives are out Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

35. Postmodernists searching for a different kind of freedom Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

36. Postmodernists as moody teenagers: Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

37. Postmodernist attitudes in the Western world: Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

38. More touchy-feely! Wary of criticising the beliefs of others (unless fundamentalist)….. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

39. Most people in the West are part modern, part postmodern, and share a number of attitudes. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

40. What are the implications for evangelists today? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

41. Tomlinson and the Post-evangelical debate Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

42. Allow people to think for themselves. Use doubts and questions, be creative in presenting the gospel. Do not hide from the issues. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

44. Alternative styles of worship Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

46. Provide ‘space’ where feelings can be acknowledged, Share planning of worship, use more dialogue. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

47. Alternative styles of preaching: Is the age of preaching ‘dead?’ Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

48. More story. Allow people to assemble the truth for themselves. Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

50. Roy Clements Are we overreacting? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

51. Responding to postmodern trends Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

52. The need for more dialogue Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

53. Don’t assume that people have a Christian background Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

54. An unembarrased ‘public’ living of the gospel Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

55. Focusing on the incarnational and the relational aspects of faith Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

56. Additional Tasks Worship and Preaching in a modern age?

57. Final Question: Is postmodernity that bad? Worship and Preaching in a modern age?