The River In Our Postmodern Culture
An article by Steve Osmond from Alberta...
"Every generation must have its own unique encounter with the Spirit of God. The promise of the Father is that the person and power of the Holy Spirit will be poured out upon all flesh, upon all ages and all generations, including modernists and postmodernists. The good news is that the postmodern mindset will be able to relate to spiritual experiences such as the Holy Spirit baptism, divine healings and physical manifestations of the presence of God. In other words, this is a great season for River people."
"This is even reflected in popular Christian literature. In the early 1970’s the best-selling KNOWING GOD, by J.I. Packer, emphasized the cerebral study of God’s attributes as the key to spiritual growth. Packer, in his forward to this book, actually targets modernists as his audience. By contrast, in the 1990’s Henry Blackaby and Claude King wrote another best-seller, called EXPERIENCING GOD. In this work, Blackaby and King make experience acceptable and even beneficial for spiritual growth. This emphasis on experience is a significant characteristic of postmodernism and opens the door for a “River” theology, which has been born out of an outpouring that emphasizes experiencing God. Bottom line? Postmodernism is “River friendly.”
SOURCE: Spread the Fire Magazine (PDF file... For better viewing, right-click and select Save Target As, and save the document on your desktop).
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