Alright, so a follow-up from my last post…
I don’t have a lot of interest in getting into what is or isn’t postmodernism. I do think it’s more than simply a rejection of any standard of truth. It’s a pervasive system of thought that, like every other system of thought the earth has known, is meaningless outside of Jesus. Jesus is the answer to the post-modern dilemma. There is no truth without Jesus. There is no meaning without Jesus.
I do believe strongly that only persons have meaning. Words and language are the tools we use to express those meanings, and because we are imperfect people, our words are imperfect. Humans have a deep desire to be understood, and this is only possible in Jesus. So I try to remember to give a lot of grace and seek to understand, accepting the limitations of language. Sometimes I forget this and expect everyone to mean the same thing I do with my words, and this isn’t fair.
Thoughts, comments? Do you think about language very much?
Posted on October 12th, 2008 by nateschlomann
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