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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →