- May 22, 2008Perhaps this slow dissolution of the power of the church and of the clergy of the church can offer us…
- May 21, 2008This change in the authority of the church can be very frustrating to those who have devoted their lives to…
- May 20, 2008It may be that God permitted the institutionalization of the church and even used it to protect the church and…
- May 19, 2008Elmil Brunner interpreted the history of the church as moving from a fellowship of believers to an institution that preserved…
- May 16, 2008It is interesting to reflect on Emil Brunner's analysis of how the church moved from an egalitarian fellowship under the…
- May 15, 2008Let me suggest an example of how it might look to see the church as the church through which God…
- May 14, 2008Being the humiliated God-community, the first task of a congregation and its pastor is to listen for the Word of…
- May 13, 2008This mark of the church is a dynamic one. The writers of the epistles, both those of Paul and the…
- May 12, 2008Jesus laid down the criteria for discerning the true from the false prophet, "...you will know them by their fruits."…
- May 9, 2008Bonhoeffer adds community to the marks of the church. The church, as the Body of Christ, requires a corporateness. This…
