Cultural Apologetics for Pastors and Parents: Engaging Values and Worldviews in Popular Culture

Each day we encounter a pluralism of themes, stories and arguments in movies, television series, and other products of popular culture. Many of these messages influence how biblical truth is perceived, both outside and within the church, and thus with implications both for evangelism and discipleship. Therefore, we need to be equipped to engage such media messages with sensitivity and integrity, both as media narratives and at the underlying levels of values and worldviews. This cultural apologetic task includes the art of double listening, where “we are called to listen both to the Word of God, and to today’s world, in order to relate the one to the other” (John Stott). This talk includes some illuminating case studies and equips pastors and parents for constructive conversations with their youth.

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Anne Solfrid Brennhovd is the editor of the Norwegian website SnakkOmTro.no (Talk About Faith) and a speaker and writer for Damaris Norway. She has been with the Damaris Norway team since 2001, and she serves as a part-time teacher at Fjelltun Bible School in Stavanger. SnakkOmTro.no is a website serving a wide range of teachers, youth leaders, pastors, parents and young people, providing resources for engaging in popular culture and apologetics. 

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