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Postmodernism presents a challenge to the Christian view of epistemology. What are some practical ways you, as a Christian educator, can respond to this challenge?
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Postmodernism is based according to each individuals beliefs and feelings. This presents a challenge in that beliefs and feelings (especially those of young impressionable minds can go through many thoughts, feelings, beliefs within a day). Yet, God and His Word is our constant. He remains true and unchanging. His Word will remain when all other things have failed and passed away.
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Postmodernism theorizes that absolute truth doesn’t exist, reason cannot be trusted for scientific discovery, science and technology are tools of oppression, human nature is subjective, and language is not concretely anchored to an objective meaning. Christian educators must be thoroughly equipped with knowledge of God’s Word to combat these age-old poisonous beliefs. God has given us ways to observe our world, using our minds to process, understand and conclude objective truths. We teach our students that God reveals Himself as a knowable, personal savior, who has created the universe with natural laws that cannot by rejected nor ignored. We use the scientific method to test and prove theories, to establish the certainty of our ideas. We can check if our feelings are reliable sources of fact-finding.
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We need to pont students to the Bible as the starting point of our beliefs. We should also be able to show students the fallacies of postmodernism. We need to keep our eyes on Jesus Christ, and direct our students to focus on Christ.
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The Bible clearly teaches that we will not know everything. There will be things we simply will not understand this side of heaven. Our truth rests in our trust of God, and our assurance that He is taking care of us.
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Truth is not just knowing what we see or feel. It does not just come through out senses. Christ is above and beyond what we can just experience ourselves through our senses. God’s word is the test.
