Reaching Twenty-first Century Listeners

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Introduction. Risk your life ; Think like a missionary ; Weigh style, skill, and spirit -- "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore". Expect differing worldviews from the pew ; See the opportunities and the unprecedented ; What worked then may not now ; Practicing the principles : two burdens -- Postmodernity : animal, vegetable, or mineral? What's modern versus postmodern? ; Reacting to modernity ; Rejecting objective truth ; Skeptics suspecting authority ; Living in the missing persons era ; Managing the blur of morality ; Postmodernity and the search for the transcendent ; It's a media-mad world ; Facing the knowing smirk ; Questing for community ; Living in the material world -- Rules for engagement. Don't engage at the expense of the message ; Communication takes two, and time ; Risk involvement ; Address where you live. [Cont.] Challenging listeners. Becoming more relational ; Tune in to the secular ; Be more apologetic ; Encourage accountability -- Obstacles. Preaching to the biblically clueless ; Deal with the exclusive uniqueness of Christ ; The "whatever" age ; Handling resistance to the master plan ; The ultimate hot potato -- Inroads. Spirituality is hot, religion is not ; You want to go where everybody knows your name ; Creation and connectednesss to the world ; Sense over sensibility -- Practices for engagement. Take a dialogical approach ; Use inductive preaching ; Use storytelling ; Use audiovisuals, drama, and art ; Use humor ; Become a good listener ; Make your delivery crisp and clear -- Conclusion : no other place I'd rather be.