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About rthenderson

Sixty years a pastor-teacher within the Presbyterian Church. Author of several books, the latest of which are a trilogy on missional ecclesiology: ENCHANTED COMMUNITY: JOURNEY INTO THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH, then, REFOUNDING THE CHURCH FROM THE UNDERSIDE, then THE CHURCH AND THE RELENTLESS DARKNESS. Previous to this trilogy was A DOOR OF HOPE: SPIRITUAL CONFLICT IN PASTORAL MINISTRY, and SUBVERSIVE JESUS, RADICAL FAITH. I am a native of West Palm Beach, Florida, a graduate of Davidson College, then of Columbia and Westminster Theological Seminaries.

10/26/14. TRUE COLONIES BEGIN WITH DEMOLISHING ‘THE MYTH’

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10/26/14. BLOG: TRUE COLONIES BEGIN WITH DEMOLISHING ‘THE MYTH’ Pursuing my attempt in these blogs to find some way to provide a substitute or other terminology for that the word: church, I have chosen to speak rather of colonies of … Continue reading →

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10/22/14. BEING GOD’S NEW HUMANITY IN THE POLITICAL ARENA

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BLOG 1022/14. GOD’S NEW HUMANITY COLONIES IN THE POLITICAL ARENA In a couple of weeks we have a national election in this country. One comic quipped that there were three things they didn’t talk about in her church: sex, politics, … Continue reading →

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10/19/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY … NEIGHBORS

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BLOG 10/19/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY BEGINS WITH … Describing the basic building block of the God’s recreation of the human community begins with two or more persons who are believers in Jesus, and whose intention is to obey … Continue reading →

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10/15/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NERDS? OBSESSED?

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BLOG 10/15/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: NERDS? OBSESSED? Peter Thiel, who is a co-founder if PayPal and a teacher at Stanford, has written a fascinating book about some of the dynamics necessary for ‘start-up’ companies. I think I’d like … Continue reading →

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BLOG 10/12/14. COLONISTS WHO ARE ARCHITECTS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS

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BLOG 10/12/14. COLONISTS: ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND ARCHITECTS In my last blog I was reminding myself, and my readers, that even while I am seeking to provoke an alternative narrative about the church and its form, its mission, its message for the … Continue reading →

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10/8/14. OUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE PASSING ‘CHRISTENDOM’ ERA

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BLOG 10/8/14. OUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE PASSING ‘CHRISTENDOM’ ERA I promised at the conclusion of my last blog to remind you, that in the midst of my critiques,…  of our indebtedness to the Christendom era which existed from about the … Continue reading →

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BLOG 10/5/14. HOW DO YOU GO TO CHURCH IF YOU ARE THE CHURCH?

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BLOG 10/5/14 QUESTION: HOW CAN GOD’S ‘NEW HUMANITY’ PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH, IF … THEY ARE THE CHURCH? The total confusion of so many of us about the ‘church’ could be amusing if it weren’t so misleading. It could even … Continue reading →

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BLOG 10/1/14. ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE: SURVIVAL COLONIES

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BLOG 10/1/14. ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVE: SURVIVAL COLONIES As we (whether we like it or not) have moved irresistibly out of a culture formed by a Christendom narrative what with all of the traditions and forms thereof, …and are now undeniably seeking … Continue reading →

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

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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

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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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