The Age of the Spirit

''This section originally appeared as part of Why this book? in the Manifesto v0.8. The other sections of that chapter appear below'':


 * The Shake-up
 * The Age of the Spirit
 * New Spiritual Leadership
 * New Reformation
 * Sacrificing the Church's Idols
 * Disciples Answering the Call


 * Expect Conflict
 * The Red Pill or the Blue Pill?
 * Summary of Why this Book?
 * Goals of the Manifesto
 * An emerging Apostolic Picture

Having moved from Modernism through the transitional phase called Postmodernism into a time that I call the “Age of the Spirit,” followers of Jesus Christ find themselves in a strangely similar context as did the early church in Jerusalem or Antioch during Pax Romana. We are in another pagan, animistic worldview; a military-and market-driven empire that creates a near-global Pax Americana with a common language, English, and communication systems that connect people at the speed of the Internet. Imagine the apostles Paul and John with a handy airport 30 minutes away, putting the latest decisions of a Jerusalem apostolic council on their website once Parmenas, the deacon, has finished typing up the notes on his laptop! Imagine the early church following the advances of all their early apostles by eagerly reading their blog spots, interceding for them, while the four unmarried daughters of Philip the Evangelist and Agabus the Prophet email them prophetic words as they go.
 * THE AGE OF THE SPIRIT