Live to Tell: Evangelism for a Postmodern Age

By Brad Kallenberg and Brad J. Kallenberg

Offers both theoretical training and practical strategies for reaching postmodern people with the gospel This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587430509
• ISBN13: 9781587430503
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

One of the best

Kallenberg's treatment of paradigm theory in conversion is especially insightful. Thanks, Brad, for one of the best books on faith witness in my collection on postmodernity.

Bueno

Pretty darn good product. No complaints. It was shipped promptly in the condition advertised. Yup.

What it would be like to sing the gospel song in a postmodern key.

This book is superb. Unlike many who write about postmodernism in the church, Kallenberg truly understands it. He does not describe it in sweeping generalizations and half-truths. Rather he explains it clearly and (most importantly) accurately. If you have no idea what postmodernism is, or are confused by books that you have read, then this book is for you. If you are a postmodernist, and are tired of books on postmodern evangelism that try to convert the unbeliever to modernism before converting them to Christianity, then this book is for you. Especially excellent are his thoughts on Kuhn's paradigm shift, and evangelism as learning a new conceptual language.

Good

I always give high ratings that challenge my beliefs. The book advocates bringing people into the community and then teaching them doctrinal beliefs. Getting a point-in-time decision is not as important as incorporating the non-believers into the church and slowly teaching them to live as a Christian and learn our language. A Faithful life is more important than a point-in-time questionable decision. Correct doctrine is important, but teachng them the whole truth as they grow in a Christian community is the better way to go. This book help me to think through the theology of outreach that a church should have.

Great Book on Postmodern evangelism

This however, is not for the faint of heart. It is a book whereby the author proposes to look at postmodern philosophy as a background to understand how to evangelize postmoderns. He is heavy on theory in the beginning of the book and for some folks that's a trip they'd rather not make. However, it is a necessary one.The author emphasizes the importance of narrative and participation in the evangelism process - and for the author, it is a process. He would agree with Calvin that we were saved, we are being saved and we will be saved.The only concern I have about the book is it's treatment of implicit faith, which the reformers have rejected. An example of implicit faith is the story of the paralytic man lowered through the roof where Jesus states that because of the faith of his friends, the man's sin was forgiven (Mark 2:5 NAS). It is something that I haven't thought about, but something I will consider.Otherwise, great book!