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*** SHOW NOTES (not a transcript) ***
Lead: If ever there was a slippery pig…
Intro: …it’s the idea of postmodernism. But if you don’t have enough time to really go deep, what do you do? Touch on a really deep topic. Welcome to day four of the recording-from-the-roadshow!
Please — today I’ve begun recording with a new mic (a cheaper, portable one for the road. Please let me know how it’s coming through and what adjustments you need at hello@forthehope.com. Thx!
Sponsor: (none)
Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):
Passage: Proverbs 13-15
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Words: ~1596
Apologetics/reflections segment:
Postmodernism. Term used to designate a loosely connected set of trends and perspectives in various cultural and academic fields that have in common only a perceived opposition to modernity. In philosophy, postmodernism is characterized by a suspicion of “metanarratives,” an emphasis on the uncertain character of human knowing and a tendency to analyze various intellectual claims, including Enlightenment claims about the universal character of reason and science, in a suspicious way as a mask for oppression and domination. (1)
Wisdom segment:
Passage: Psalm 2
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Words: ~197
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-R
Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.
Sources and resources
(1) C. Stephen Evans, Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002), 94–95.
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