Monthly Archives: September 2014

COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW CREATION–IN WHAT FORM?

BLOG 9/28/14. COLONIES OF NEW HUMANITY—IN WHAT FORM? Skeptical comments to these blogs, and to my proposals about an alternative narrative for ‘the church’ under the rubric of: colonies of God’s new humanity frequently come with the good and inescapable … Continue reading

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BLOG 9/24/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NOT PERMANENT

BLOG 9/24/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NOT PERMANENT Identifying the ‘church’ as colonies of God’s new humanity raises an inescapable question, namely, what is the life span of such colonies? Let’s begin with an inescapable Biblical principle: God calls … Continue reading

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9/22/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NOT AN ESCAPE

BLOG 9/22/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NOT AN ESCAPE From the beginning of the New Testament documents there is the inescapable conclusion that Jesus came to inaugurate a New Creation, and that those who follow him are to be … Continue reading

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BLOG 9/17/14. COLONIES OF NEW HUMANITY REQUIRE ‘NEW HUMANS’

BLOG 9/17/14. COLONIES OF NEW HUMANITY REQUIRE ‘NEW HUMANS’ The reason I am adopting the term: colonies of God’s New Humanity here in order to speak of Christ’s church for the very basic reason that far too many of the … Continue reading

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BLOG 9/14/14. EQUIPPED TO BE ‘PROPHETS’

BLOG 9/14/14. COLONIES MADE UP OF PROPHETS (WHAT?) In these current Blogs I am seeking to reconceive ‘the church’ as being colonies of God’s New Humanity, i.e., a whole different genre of human community, that is the product of the Holy … Continue reading

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BLOG 9/10/14. EQUIPPED TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO THOSE WHO ASK …

BLOG 9/10/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: EQUIPPED TO GIVE ANSWER Pursuing my concept of the church as composed of those colonies of God’s New Humanity in Christ, we come to the inevitable question of: who equips such persons who … Continue reading

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9/7/14: COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY ALWAYS IN PROCESS–NEVER PERFECT.

BLOG 9/7/14. A REMINDER: COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY ALWAYS IN PROCESS—NEVER PERFECT. On this Sunday afternoon, I think I need to engage in my usual redundancy and remind myself, and the readers of these Blogs, that the colonies of … Continue reading

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BLOG. 9/3/14. COLONIES AND THE BATTLE FOR INTEGRITY

BLOG. 9/3/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: THE BATTLE FOR INTEGRITY. I had an interesting response to my last Blog (about these Colonies of God’s New Humanity being only possible by the Holy Spirit) from a friend, whose unfulfilled desire … Continue reading

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