The Assurance Of Our Salvation : Witnessing The Gospel To Modern Doubters

THE ASSURANCE OF OUR SALVATION: Witnessing the Gospel to Modern Doubters is a missional approach to the doctrine of salvation. Just like what originated the systematic theology of Karl Barth was, in fact, a practical question he faced as a pastor of a local church, the development of this volume was motivated by some practical questions the author faced in his pastoral ministry context. After reading the book, the readers will find that the doctrine of salvation makes sense to wider circle of people.There is a gap between traditional seminary education which was fit to the context of Christendom and modern missional context. Many pastors feel unequipped or less prepared after graduation from their seminaries. This is even more the case as our culture is moving from modernity to postmodernity. The key question is how we communicate the gospel message to non-Christians from a postmodern culture where the absolute truth is denied. But the postmodern challenge is not the only challenge in a pluralist society. There are challenges to biblical authority that come from the age of reason. How do we, then, communicate the gospel with confidence in our culture hostile to Christianity?It is a time when more and more evangelists begin to see that there are two frontiers in the twenty-first century. There is a frontier of unreached people group where the worldview of fork religions prevails on one side. There is another frontier in the Pluralist society of the West where Christian worldview is being marginalized.The author identifies these challenges because he himself has struggled with them for years as a pastor and as an evangelist. The current volume is a product of his effort to help modern doubters to abide in confident faith and assurance of salvation.What makes the book unique and distinguished is a Korean perspective which is important in this age of globalization. While many largest churches are in South Korea, only very few books written by Korean church leaders have been translated into English.Both Western and non-Western readers will gain benefit from the book. Western readers will find this book is useful for a good overview of Asian religions. If one wants to increase his or her understanding of Asian worldview, this volume is a good reference to a Korean Christian perspective of Asian religions. For other readers from non-Western cultures the same volume is a compact resource through with they can meet many great Western authors.Although the primary readers of the book are not expected to be scholars, it is written to fill an education need as a bridge between theology and evangelism. The book, therefore, may be used as a textbook or a suggested reading for some courses for subjects related to theology, missiology, and intercultural studies. Many church leaders including youth pastors will find this book equipping themselves to answer many sophisticated questions from modern young doubting Thomas.

Author: Jin Wook Kim, Dr. Dae Ryeong Kim Phd.

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Sep 03, 2018

Number of Pages: 444 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1727075730

ISBN-13: 9781727075731