Not really, no. But at The Green Room I kick off a new blog series with some thoughts about how Greg Thompson’s paradigm of three inadequate models of the kingdom could be used in a new way:

Each of these types exist because it is responding to a real and important theological impetus. For this reason, each type has strengths that are theologically and missionally important. However, because each type tends to pay attention to its own pet concern to the detriment of other concerns, each type develops characteristic weaknesses.

Doesn’t this point a way forward? What if, instead of running around in circles trying to build a perfect church in the sky, we focused on the concrete models of godliness we find in other kinds of churches around us?

The disadvantage is, nobody gets to say they invented the new model of how to do church. The advantage is, we actually get the new model!

As always, your thoughts are much appreciated.