Jun 7, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Peccatum Originus Circling this tree we wonderedwhat mystery lay behindthe fruit of our questionWe put distance between usand the boughs heavy with temptationbranches reaching out like hands and talonsto gather us in likefish fighting the shame baited barbed...
Apr 27, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Conclusion As I neared the end of writing this book I had coffee with a close friend of mine. He told me a story about a young man that he had become friends with. This young man left the Church because his experience of it had been of a surface...
Apr 12, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Chapter Six Identity Storm I have suggested that the Church is in the midst of an ongoing identity crisis. It is a crisis that has arisen out of our disconnection with the culture and paradigm of the kingdom. We must face some significant questions as we...
Apr 6, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Chapter Five A Call to Citizenship At the outset of this book I said that the basic question the Church needs to answer today is what it means to be in the world but not of the world. In understanding that the community of Christ has a distinct culture in the...
Mar 30, 2010 | Author - Eric H. Janzen
Chapter Four Transcending Culture I have attempted to show that kingdom culture is a spiritual culture revealed by God. This culture comes out of his character, which is unchanging. The spiritual culture of the kingdom is unchanging as...
