Postmodernism And Confessional Lutheranism

Confessional Lutheranism is antithetical toward postmodernism because it sets forth so clearly the boundaries of the Christian life. Who is God? What is He like? What is the condition of original sin? How are we justified? What is required in our vocation? It is just very clear. It says certain things are true, and it excludes others. It is a highly coherent, thoroughly biblical framework for all of Christian life.

What it's trying to do precisely is teach everything that Christ commanded us, and that is quite opposed to the consumer-driven postmodern model, which would allow individuals to consume those portions of Christianity that fit their preferred narrative.

It is the medicine we need. As C.S. Lewis says, "We have to convince people of the unwelcome diagnosis." That means we have to get the nature of sin right. And the nature of sin is certainly not right in postmodern Christianity because it allows people to redefine moral law in a lot of different ways. And because it doesn't diagnose our problem correctly, it cannot present the true gospel either.

- Dr. Angus Menuge