So postmoderns are perfectly happy to allow Christians to have their own little story explaining the world. But they get very nervous when Christians claim that Jesus came for all times and cultures and peoples. As for opportunities, the first is that we don't have to fear talking about faith anymore. Spirituality is on the front page of Time magazine and throughout the mass media. It's not like 30 years ago, when the fundamental issues were faith vs. atheism and the dominance of the scientific mindset.
People today are very willing to talk about religion and spirituality.
The second opportunity is today's hunger for belonging and community. One of the weaknesses of the Evangelical experience, or at least Evangelical scholars, has been our tendency to reduce faith to a set of propositions that we try to get people to assent to. Another is the radical individualism of our emphasis on conversion. On the other hand, the theme of conversion is also one of Evangelicalism's particular strengths, because as we each begin to tell our individual stories of conversion, we can see that they all have the same basic plot line. Our personal responses to the Gospel can bring us into community because we share this unifying experience and dimension of our faith right from the start.