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		<title>The Gospel, The WHOLE Gospel, and Nothing But The Gospel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Essential Elements of the Christian Gospel We are in the process of exploring a theology of evangelism for &#8220;the transition zone&#8221; &#8211; that period of time following modernity, often called &#8220;post-modernity.&#8221;  If you&#8217;ve been following along, you know that I am operating under the conviction that the Anabaptist tradition has a great deal to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=721</link>
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		<title>What Is Evangelism? &#8211; In The Transition Zone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=716</link>
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		<title>Transition Zone: God&#8217;s Purpose in Creation and the Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=711</link>
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		<title>The Kingdom of God In The Transition Zone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is meant by the kingdom of God?  The investigation of this subject could fill volumes of theological treatises—in fact, it has.  The scope of this blog is not broad enough to explore all the biblical and theological nuances of this important subject.  Instead, I will draw upon the writing of Stanley Grenz to offer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=708</link>
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		<title>Biblical Metaphors for the Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We continue our serious of blogs, seeking to develop a theology of evangelism for the “the transition zone,” this period in history between “modernity” and the cultural paradigm that is currently being birth in what many have called a “post modern” culture.   I have suggested that the church of the “transition zone” may find guidance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=705</link>
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		<title>The Challenges of a Changing World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A giant wave of cultural change is crashing in on nearly every aspect and institution in human society.  The challenges these changes are brining to the attention of the church must be addressed in order to bring the good news of the gospel to all the nations and peoples of the world. The thesis of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=702</link>
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		<title>Anabaptist Roots Part 3:  Radical Ecclesiology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The serious of blogs under the heading “the transition zone” are all about helping the church develop a meaningful theology of evangelism in the post-modern era.  The blogs suggests that the church needs to give thought to the Anabaptist[i] tradition as it seeks to make its way through “the transition zone.”  This week I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=696</link>
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		<title>Anabaptist Roots Part 2:  Reformed Ecclesiology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The serious of blogs under the heading “the transition zone” are all about helping the church develop a meaningful theology of evangelism in the post-modern era.  The challenge come from the fast that the dominate cultural paradigm under which the church has operated for the last 500 years no longer hold sway.  Like it or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=692</link>
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		<title>Anabaptists Roots- Part 1:  Roman Catholic Ecclesiology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This serious of blog posts aims at developing a meaningful theology of evangelism in what I am calling “the transition zone” (referred to often in literature as post-modernity).  My belief if that a starting place for this theology is with an often overlooked vision of the church—that coming from the Anabaptist[i] tradition.  For the blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=689</link>
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		<title>Theological Approaches To &#8220;The Transition Zone&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Theologians and philosophers have advocated many different approaches to postmodernism – or what we are calling “the transition zone.”  Since it is defined in terms of what it is not vis-à-vis modernity, the responses of many has been to approach postmodernism in terms of  what changes are needed from modernity.   There are six such basic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nieporte.name/?p=686</link>
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