num_pages: 123
description: In Proclaiming the Scandal Jerome E. Bruce, the Senior Pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Fairview Park, Ohio, looks at Christianity in a postmodern society. Fifty years ago in the United States the majority of its citizens grew up Protestant or Catholic, and the church was a central and stable part of life. Encountering few others of a different faith perspective, the message of the Gospels and the various imperatives went largely unquestioned. Today, in a world in which pluralism seems to be the primary voice of a postmodern culture, those in the pews--and even in the pulpit--find themselves reluctant to embrace their calling as authorized emissaries of Christ. Can the essential purpose of the Church--to confess that Jesus is Lord--be fulfilled in today's North American culture? Jerome Bruce's response is a resounding "yes" provided that the church's partors commit themselves to a cheerful, vivid, sharp, and unrelenting iteration of the very Gospels from with their listeners flinch.
language: English
title: Proclaiming the Scandal: Reflections on Post-Modern Ministry
titlecomplete: Proclaiming the Scandal: Reflections on Post-Modern Ministry (Christian Mission & Modern Culture)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: UNKNO