Telling the truth : evangelizing postmoderns / D.A. Carson, general editor. - Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, c2000. - 416 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 24 cm.

Papers presented at a conference held at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, May 13-15, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-406) and indexes.

Part 1. Opening Plenaries.
1. An ancient message, through modern means, to a postmodern mind / Ravi Zacharias --
2. The touch of truth / Ravi Zacharias -- Part 2. The Challenge.
3. Why is religious pluralism fun - and dangerous / Harold A. Netland and Keith E. Johnson --
4. Epistemology at the core of Postmodernism: Rorty, Foucault and the Gospel / Jon Hinkson and Greg Ganssle -- Part 3. Critical topics.
5. Why should anyone believe anything at all? / James W. Sire --
6. Two ways to live - and biblical theology / Phillip D. Jensen and Tony Payne --
7. Keeping Christ central in preaching / Colin S. Smith --
8. The uniqueness of Jesus Christ / Ajith Fernando --
9. Communicating sin in a postmodern world / Mark E. Dever --
10 Turning to God: conversion beyond mere religious preference / Michael P. Andrus,
Part 4. Crucial Passages.
11. The Gospel paradox : declaring sinners righteous (Rom. 3:21-26) / John W. Nyquist --
12. The ambassador's job description : 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 / Colin S. Smith --
Part 5. Church, Campus, Ethnicity.
13. Church/campus connection : model 1 / Phillip D. Jensen and Tony Payne --
14. Church/campus connections : model 2 / Mark Gauthier --
15. Penetrating ethnic pluralism : African-Americans / Charles Gilmer --
16. Reaching out to postmodern Asian-Americans / Peter Cha and Greg Jao -- Part 6. This Relational Age.
17. Faithfully relating to unbelievers in a relational age / Susan Hecht --
18. The lifestyle of the Great Commission / Robert E. Coleman --
19. Authentic church-based evangelism in a relational age / Ron Bennett -- Part 7. Experience and Strategies.
20. Finding God at Harvard : reaching the post-Christian university / Kelly Monroe --
21. Ministering in the postmodern academy / Walter L. Bradley --
22. Examples of effective evangelism / Andrea Buczynski --
23. Generating hope : a strategy for reaching the postmodern generation / Jimmy Long --
24. William Carey revisited : going after every college student / Mike Tilley --
25. Evangelizing postmoderns using a mission outpost strategy / Don Bartel --
26. The Gospel for a new generation / Keith A. Davy -- Part 8. Closing Plenaries.
27. The urgency of the Gospel / Ajith Fernando --
28. Athens revisited / D.A. Carson.

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Evangelistic work--Congresses.
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