As a Christian who holds to the biblical worldview, we understand that there is such a thing as universals as against particulars. We understand that God is and God reveals Himself to mankind. He is the transcendent God – sovereign in power yet he is at the same time immanent – a personal God who is very much involved with us intimately. Therefore, with such a view, we see that there are social spheres that God has set in motion in His creation order, for example, the family institution, the church, the state and law, economic, work and labour, and community. We see that God has set such design in perfect order and when man function within these spheres without violating God’s order he is safe, secure and will also prosper too.
The family is important in the spiritual formation of a child. Parental role is therefore imperative in the eventual moral, emotional, mental, and spiritual development of a child. The family institution is therefore a sacred form of community as taught in the Word of God. The church, being the extension of the family unit, and being the body of Christ does have a high calling and mandate to function within the social design and order as created by God. The church, therefore, is an institution that displays the manifold wisdom of God; establishing and upholding the truth of God against the deceptive and pernicious lies of the devil and the many vain philosophies that outflow from it. Post-modernity is more of a cultural shift and we do well to learn from it and contextualize accordingly in order to be relevant. But postmodernism, its philosophical ideology, may, to a large extent, be diametrically opposed to a biblical worldview.
There are at least three things that I observed in the churches that need a serious consideration and reflection if she intends to keep the next generation in the midst of the great challenges of postmodernism: (1) Recognizing a worldview shift in the contemporary world, (2) Engaging with the youth culture, and (3) Modelling radical discipleship.
