Postmodernisn'tm

Yesterday I read a church’s billboard that read the following: “The Bible is not a weapon.” I agree with the idea that the Bible is not something to be used simply for our own advantage or to the disadvantage of others, but this statement is fundamentally false. The Bible’s very definition is as a weapon. We have been told that the Bible is not only a weapon; it is a double-edged sword. In the battle that we are called to fight, the Bible is our offensive tool.

This sort of fallacy seems to be all too prevalent in the church of our time. As a response to the mindless rejection of past generations, we exhibit mindless acceptance. Truth is final, Truth is eternal, Truth does not change. Truth was before creation and will be after creation. Truth is not relative to our time or situation because its home is outside of both. Postmodernism has no more of a place in the church than does persecution. And yet, we accept, we bow to the idolatry of acceptance in the world and therefore fall into accepting the world itself. We are so concerned with the way the world sees us that we look at its criticism before we look at the Lord’s. We are so concerned with presenting God to the world in a way that is not offensive that we forget the fact that God is offensive to those who reject Him because He must in turn reject them. Do we trust God so little that we can’t even show Him for who he has revealed Himself to be? Do I actually imagine that I am capable of softening a human heart? I am not God; therefore all I can do is show God to people as He actually is.