Communicating the Gospel in a Pluralistic World

Well it is that time again... I have started a new module in the Nazarene Course of Study. This one is entitled "Communicating the Gospel in a Pluralistic World". The course seeks to look at the dynamic of spreading the great message of Jesus Christ to a world that very often sees life from a relativistic viewpoint. The argument is that it does not matter what you believe as long as you do good and noble things and live an upstanding life that doesn't hurt or encroach on other people's lives. A relativistic viewpoint makes no room for the Gospel Message of Christ and the kind of life that one is called to live as a follower of Christ. Following a belief system with rules and doctrines and trying to get others to follow it is viewed as imposing and oppressive to those who are just trying to make their own way on the road to Rome. The truth is that Jesus is the only way, the only real truth, and the only guarantor of life; not just eternal life, but the absolute best life possible, right now! The word of God and the story of Jesus has a great hope for those who live in this "my life, my way, my rules" kind of world we live in today.

I will freely admit that journaling is my weakness when it comes to these modules. This is my attempt to meet this component of the course that is very difficult, almost grueling for me to accomplish. Lord willing, I will succeed.