God Is Greater

Anabaptism developed at a time when a synthesis had developed between the state and the church.  As we noted in earlier blogs, support for this synthesis was evident not only in Roman Catholic theology, but also in the theology of the Protestant reformers.  The Anabaptists, however, rejected this synthesis and sought to separate themselves from […]

The thesis of these blogs has been that the contemporary church can develop a meaningful theology of evangelism in a postmodern world (“the transition zone”) by recovering the Anabaptist vision of the church.  Thus far we have defined postmodernism, investigated the roots of the Anabaptist tradition, and examined the major tenets of the Anabaptists’ approach […]

In previous blogs under “the transition zone” thread, I have shown that the Anabaptists considered the life of discipleship to be the fundamental aspect of the Christian religion.  Obviously this life of discipleship, as defined by the Anabaptists, could not be lived in isolation.  When the Anabaptists spoke about discipleship, they also spoke to the […]

We continue in this series of blogs aimed at examining what it means to do evangelization in this post-modern era (what I am calling “the transition zone”).  It is my conviction that the church of today has much to learn about “doing” Christianity from the Anabaptist tradition.  Earlier post have introduced the basic of Anabaptist […]

As we continue this series of blog, seeking a theology of evangelism for “the transition zone,” our next challenge is to consider the goals of the evangelization process?  Earlier we noted that the evangelistic invitation of the Anabaptist tradition is to “turn around—to come back to God—to reorient one’s life according to the rule of […]

The Essential Elements of the Christian Gospel We are in the process of exploring a theology of evangelism for “the transition zone” – that period of time following modernity, often called “post-modernity.”  If you’ve been following along, you know that I am operating under the conviction that the Anabaptist tradition has a great deal to […]

In previous blogs I described in some detail the Anabaptist vision of the church.  Drawing upon the writing of many in the Anabaptist tradition, I described the church (using the word of Stanley Grenz) as an “eschatological covenant community.”[i]  By this I mean that the church is a special community, standing in covenant, serving as […]

We are  seeking to develop a theology of evangelism for the “the transition zone,” (what I am calling that period of human history in which we currently reside that rest between the cultural paradigm of “modernity” and that which will follow, which many call  “post modernity” or “the emerging culture”).  My thesis is that the […]