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It may be difficult… but it’s not impossible!

It may be difficult… but it’s not impossible!. In your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect... 1 Peter 3:15-16. 2500+ BC. Prehistoric World.

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It may be difficult… but it’s not impossible!

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  1. It may be difficult… but it’s not impossible!

  2. In your hearts, set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect... 1 Peter 3:15-16

  3. 2500+ BC Prehistoric World

  4. 2500 BC - 500 AD 500 BC 1 AD 500 AD Ancient World Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires

  5. 2500 BC - 500 AD 500 BC 1 AD 500 AD Ancient World Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman empires

  6. 2500 BC - 500 AD 500 AD - 1500 AD 500 BC 1 AD 500 AD 1500 AD Ancient World Medieval World Printing/Gutenberg Caravel/Transport Guns/Infantry/Artillery Copernicus/Galileo Reformation/Luther

  7. 2500 BC - 500 AD 500 AD - 1500 AD 500 BC 1 AD 500 AD 1500 AD Ancient World Medieval World Printing/Gutenberg Caravel/Transport Guns/Infantry/Artillery Copernicus/Galileo Reformation/Luther

  8. ‘The new Philosophy calls all in doubt, The Element of fire is quite put out; The Sun is lost, and th’earth, and no man’s wit Can well direct him where to look for it. Tis all in peeces, all cohaerance gone; All just supply, and all relation: Prince, Subject, Father, Sonne, are things forgot, For everyman alone thinkes he hath got To be a Phoenix, and there can bee None of that kinde, of which he is, but hee. John Donne, 1611 (1572-1631)

  9. The great chain of being

  10. “Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Newton be!" and all was light.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Epitaph Intended for Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

  11. 1950 AD - ??? 1500 AD - 2000 AD 1500 AD 1750 AD 2000 AD Medieval World Modern World Postmodern World Print/Screen/Internet New Science New Weapons New Transportation New Spirituality Systems Thinking

  12. 1950 AD - ??? 1500 AD - 2000 AD 1500 AD 1750 AD 2000 AD Medieval World Modern World Postmodern World Print/Screen/Internet New Science New Weapons New Transportation New Spirituality Systems Thinking

  13. Emerging world Consider that we live in at least three worlds. Modern world Pre-modern world 2006

  14. 1. Conquest, Control, Progress … Conservation 2. Mechanistic/reductionist … holistic/systemic 3. Analytical … post-analytical 4. Secular/scientific … spiritual/scientific 5. Objective … Intersubjective 6. Critical … Post-critical 7. Organization … alliance, network Themes in Transition

  15. 8. Individualism … community, tradition, tribe 9. Protestant/polemical … Post-protestant 10. Consumerist … ??? 11. Print literacy … layered fluency 12. National … global/migratory Themes in Transition

  16. Late Transition Early Transition Old Paradigm/ Model

  17. Late Transition Early Transition Old Paradigm/ Model

  18. New Paradigm/ Model Late Transition Early Transition Old Paradigm/ Model

  19. New Paradigm/ Model Late Transition Early Transition Old Paradigm/ Model

  20. Paradigm Shifts “It was as if the ground had been pulled out from under one, with no firm foundation to be seen anywhere, upon which one could have built.” Albert Einstein On his paradigm shift

  21. Paradigm Shifts “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” Max Planck Scientific Autobiography

  22. So … what’s next? The answer is … not one response, but many creative and synergistic responses.

  23. Liturgical Social Action Evangelical Charismatic

  24. pentecostal reformed catholic baptist Is this the emerging church?

  25. pentecostal reformed catholic baptist Or is this the emerging church?

  26. pentecostal reformed catholic baptist Or are both forms of the church that is emerging? How will they relate?

  27. DEEP ECCLES IOLOGY Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholic Anglo-Catholic Anglican Lutheran Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Pentecostal House, Cell, Storefront Micro, quantum, liquid, ghost, ephemeral, unconscious, etc .

  28. Conservative way Medieval church Modern Crisis Liberal way from Nancey Murphy, “Beyond Liberalism and Fundamentalism”

  29. Increasing Polarization Conservative way Medieval church Modern Crisis Liberal way

  30. Increasing Polarization Conservative way Medieval church Modern Crisis Liberal way

  31. Conservative way Modern Crisis Liberal way A Generous Orthodoxy? A Missional Orthodoxy?

  32. Continue the conversation… Brianmclaren.net Emergent-uk.org Amahoro.info www.re-tro.se

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