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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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I believe that the most practical way is to live your life following God with your whole heart. Student’s pick up on how you live and they watch more than they listen. So be quick to forgive, ask for forgiveness, or be the peacemaker. Just live the fruit of the spirit in front of them.
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Christians need to dedicate themselves to living out the Gods’ objective promises. Imbedding God’s word in our hearts and teaching those beliefs to our students. Basing understandings on “feelings” is not accurate. There needs to be an understanding of subjective truths that make something real. Allowing discussions with students regarding these truths helps deepen their understandings of fail and worldviews.
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Through God’s revelation we are able to have knowledge. A post-modern worldview is unable to contribute to any conversation because it states that knowledge is impossible to have. I teach students to keep asking “how do you know that is true” to those that say knowledge is impossible to have. What do they base any of their truth claims?
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I have such a great opportunity to remind students that there are objective truths that do not change based on our feelings. In our discussions in course, many times a student will start with: “I feel like…” I try to remind them that our arguments should be based in Scripture and objective truth rather than our own feelings.
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This is a difficult challenge but having absolute faith everything is possible. Faith is the substance of hope for the evidence of things not seen as the lecturer pointed.
