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1	Schaeffer in the 21^st Century: Updates and Applications Donald T. Williams, PhD Toccoa Falls College
2	Christ “gave himself for our sins that He might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of God the Father” (Gal. 1:4).
3	Since the Seventies Fall of the Soviet Union Pro-Life Issues The Economy Terrorism Rise of Post-Modernism
4	Fall of the Soviet Union “. . . Could produce a situation that would be forever irreversible.” “Forever” not a part of History God is still Sovereign But Consequences Remain Russian poverty, corruption, instability Communism still alive
5	Pro-Life Issues Abortion Movement losing Momentum? Holiness and Love? Infanticide/Euthanasia Stem-Cell Research Cloning
6	The Economy Personal Peace and Affluence Dot-Com Bubble Recession Vanishing Surplus Old Worries Back
7	Rise of Global Terrorism Schaeffer’s Era concerned with Superpowers Internet: Decentralization of Good and Evil Add to the List of “Pressures” / “Hammer-Blows”
8	Rise of Post-Modernism Reaction to Failure of Modernism Modernism: Man’s effort to take control of Nature, History, and Human Destiny through Human Intellect alone Intellect: Rational, Scientific Objectivity
9	Nature of Post-Modernism Rejection of Authority Next Step in Relativism Modernist Relativism Only “Scientific” Statements objectively True Value/Meaning Truth Claims = Deluded Post-Modernist Relativism Nothing = Objective, not even Science All Truth Claims = Evil (manipulation)
10	Jargon of Post-Modernism Metanarrative Totalizing/Centering Discourse Logocentric Socially Constructed Deconstruction
11	Manifestations of Post-Modernism Deconstruction (ultimate attack on Author-ity) Militant Multi-Culturalism (“DWEMS”) Groupthink (the new tribalism) “Tolerance” as cloak for Relativism Primacy of the Image
12	Christ “gave himself for our sins that He might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of God the Father” (Gal. 1:4).
13	How does Christ Deliver Us? Awareness of the Need A Purpose of the Atonement Church as Christian Counter-Culture Connection to Eternity Church: Trans-Generational, Traditional Scripture Breaks the Power of the god of this Age
14	Schaeffer in the 21^st Century: Updates and Applications “I call upon you to join me in being different!” Donald T. Williams, PhD Toccoa Falls College