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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 →

BLOG: 8/17/14. HAS THE CHURCH MISSED THE POINT OF BEING A PRIEST? OK, allow me to be my contrarian self—but I struggle with the whole idea of a ‘priesthood/clergy’ category of Christian discipleship. So help me, I scour the New … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/13/14. BI-POLAR DISORDER: ROBIN WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM COWPER The distressing report of the death by suicide of actor-comedian Robin Williams is a sobering reminder of how non-selective is this mental illness. Having been friend and pastor to a few … Continue reading →