Author: Steve

  • May 19, 2008
    Elmil Brunner interpreted the history of the church as moving from a fellowship of believers to an institution that preserved…

  • May 16, 2008
    It is interesting to reflect on Emil Brunner's analysis of how the church moved from an egalitarian fellowship under the…

  • May 15, 2008
    Let me suggest an example of how it might look to see the church as the church through which God…

  • May 14, 2008
    Being the humiliated God-community, the first task of a congregation and its pastor is to listen for the Word of…

  • May 13, 2008
    This mark of the church is a dynamic one. The writers of the epistles, both those of Paul and the…

  • May 12, 2008
    Jesus laid down the criteria for discerning the true from the false prophet, "...you will know them by their fruits."…

  • May 9, 2008
    Bonhoeffer adds community to the marks of the church. The church, as the Body of Christ, requires a corporateness. This…

  • May 8, 2008
    Without denying the sacramental quality of many aspects of life, the church has set forth certain sacraments that are based…

  • May 7, 2008
    The Reformers also identified as a mark of the true church the sacraments that were rightly administered. Augustine defined a…

  • May 6, 2008
    In almost any gathering of Christians, the proclamation of the word, often in the form of a sermon, has been…