God Is Greater

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Many social observers agree that the Western world is in the midst of tremendous change.  Stanley Grenz has said that we are “. . . experiencing a cultural shift which rivals that innovation that marked the birth of modernity out of the decay of the Middle Ages.”[i]   If modernity is a period characterized by a […]

This series of blogs is examining what I am referring to as “the transition zone” – called by some post-modernity, or the great emergence.  The thesis is that culture is in a period of upheavel and transition as one paradigm is dying, and another is being birthed. Last blog we talked about the last great […]