Menyuarakan Firman di Tengah Keraguan
Strategi Pengajaran Alkitab bagi Generasi Pascamodern
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47901/jpkm.v2i2.698Keywords:
Bible, authority, postmodern, skepticism, relativism, strategyAbstract
Entering the modern era and into the 21st century, Christianity faces a crisis of faith. The cause stems not only from outside the church but, in fact, from within the community of believers itself. Church history has proven that the Bible serves as a true foundation, a hope, and a firm anchor, for it is the authoritative Word of God. However, in this postmodern era, a generation has emerged with a mindset that doubts the authority and absoluteness of the Bible as the Word of God. This article discusses the dynamics of the generation impacted by such thinking, particularly the youth, and offers suggestions for Biblical teaching that is authoritative yet contextual and relevant. Through appropriate teaching strategies—employing both a systematic theological approach that affirms the Bible as the Word of God, and a practical approach that is relational, dialogical, and narrative—the author hopes to address the postmodern mindset that is fraught with doubt regarding the Bible.
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