Tim Keller on Preaching Hell to Postmoderns

The Resurgence has a helpful piece by Tim Keller on preaching hell to postmoderns.

In contrast to the traditionalist, the postmodern person is hostile to the very idea of hell. People with more secular and postmodern mindsets tend to have (a) only a vague belief in the divine, if at all, and (b) little sense of moral absolutes, but rather a sense they need to be true to their dreams. They tend to be younger, from nominal Catholic or non-religious Jewish backgrounds, from liberal mainline Protestant backgrounds, from the western and northeastern U. S., and Europeans.

Here are the four big points that Keller believes are necessary to make with postmodern listeners:

1. Sin is slavery.
2. Hell is less exclusive than so-called tolerance.
3. Christianity’s view of hell is more personal than the alternative view.
4. There is no love without wrath.

Read the whole article at The Resurgence.

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