Author Archives: rthenderson

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

BLOG 8/31/14. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY: ONLY POSSIBLE BY THE SPIRIT. One of my respondents asked the question: if this concept of churches being alternatively called colonies of God’s New Humanity was something I had invented? I don’t have … Continue reading →

2. COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW CREATION:  A BETTER WAY. My use of the term colonies to designate those communities of God’s New Humanity, God’s Kingdom, is intentional, because ‘colonies’ are those who are moving into some new challenge, some new … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/24/14: COLONIES OF GOD’S NEW HUMANITY BEGIN WITH THE ESSENTIAL FOCUS ON JESUS CHRIST. With all of the confusion, all the counterfeits, and all the aberrations that go under the use of the designation of ‘church’, I want to … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/20/14. MY ATTEMPT TO CLARIFY THE TERMS: DISCIPLESHIP & DISCIPLE MAKING The other evening at a congregational gathering, one chap asked the presenter why we didn’t have a congregational program on disciple making. The answers given were necessarily a … Continue reading →