Brett Jacobsen's book Heaven's Underground Blueprint is now available. The book has a twofold thrust: it is a prophetic work that paralells church history with Old Testament Israel, presenting insight into current happenings and great hope for the future. It also is instructive in the current reformation of the church into underground community. Some of the main topics covered are: How the church spiralled down into the Dark Ages (and largely remains there), How God is changing the guard of church leadership, How to do New Testament community, What is New Testament leadership instead of hierarchical humanism, Biblical unity rather than ecumenical compromise, God's proccess of reformation, de-construction or destruction, Promised Land Christianity, Reformation of eschatology, and more.

Chat 1. Testimonies from the journey

The ‘Discussions along the way’ posts are to provoke dialogue between those who are walking a similar path: one that embraces a fuller reformation of heart and structure. Please post your thoughts and interact with others via the comments option at the bottom. All comments must be presented in a loving manner or they will be deleted.

For the first post of ‘Discussions along the way’ I thought we should keep it both simple and encouraging. This is why I’ve called it ‘Testimonies from the Journey’. I will usually post a brief article on a certain topic which will simply be enough of a thought to provoke further dialogue on the matter. This time though, I would like to hear some uplifting testimonies from people who have been moving with God on a reformational journey from crumbling Christendom further into the heavenly Kingdom of Christ. So please leave a response, even if it’s only brief. Perhaps you could tell us how God has bent, stretched, fixed, reformed, revived, matured you, or something along those lines.

by Edwin Hatch

(The following is an excerpt from a book by Edwin Hatch [1888]. Thanks to Jon Zens for connecting me to this great author. What I found very helpful was to realize that the troubles with "church-as-we-know-it" did not start with Constantine but can be traced back even earlier, to the 2nd Century.) - Jeff Gilbertson

It is impossible for any one, whether he be a student of history or no, to fail to notice the difference and contrast between the Sermon on the Mount and the Nicene Creed.