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Carlie Janeczko
28 October 2019
EVAN 101-C02 LUO
Dr. Scott Maze
Sharing the Gospel
Before sharing the Gospel presentation with anyone, it is crucial that we must understand
the qualities of other’s cultures prior to doing so. After all, everyone is different, and all people
have a unique set of values that ultimately shape their personality. Because of this, we all
respond to the Gospel differently. For example, sharing the Gospel with a postmodern individual
differs greatly to sharing the Gospel with an eastern individual, because of their thinking
process, the way one might see the world, God, and their unique way of comprehending
Scripture.
To start, the postmodernists worldview sees most things as contingent, meaning that they
do not believe in a “big story” and are convinced that nothing is fixed. The majority of
postmodern humans value relationships, prioritize community, and look to individuals for
evidence. A postmodern’s view of reality is frequently diverse and unspecified, and the only
“truth” one may believe is found in what they initially feel or experience, instead of any
acknowledgement of any external possible truths to be taken into account. Postmodern people
often think that “rules define reality”. This means that our friends who fall into this worldview
type, believe in innocence-guilt, and fame-shame lens’. Innocence-guilt can affect someone by
seeing themselves as either deserving of God’s love because of their obedience and integrity, or
they feel as if they are unqualified and undeserving of having a part in God’s story because they
cling too tight to the guilt they may be carrying. In the fame-shame category, a postmodernist
would typically likely feel a deep sense of being flawed or inaccurate. One also would also adapt
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to a pattern of replacing shame, humiliation, and impurity for seeking acceptance, and
affirmation in their lives.
When postmodern individuals come to know Christ, there are five stages they often go
through when they first begin their journey of faith. The first stage, or threshold is called
“Distrust to trust”, within this phase of a postmodern’s journey, one who once was a skeptic,
starts to remarkably trust a Christian. A postmodernist is more likely to respond to someone who
is welcoming and understanding, unfortunately many people distrust Christians because we can
