There are three dominant ways of describing the changes that have shaped and continue to influence our culture and world over the last half century:  postmodernism, secularism, and pluralism.

My guess is that we all have at least a passing familiarity with these terms and wouldn’t dispute that they are central elements of our current culture and world. But getting a handle on the challenges they present is another matter altogether. It’s one thing to say we live in a postmodern world, but it’s another to allow that knowledge to shape our preaching so as to respond to that world.