Just as for clergy, so too people who are members of a church need to be made aware of the…

A critical change in attitude occurs when we come to a full recognition of the fact that the church is…

Perhaps this slow dissolution of the power of the church and of the clergy of the church can offer us…

This change in the authority of the church can be very frustrating to those who have devoted their lives to…

It may be that God permitted the institutionalization of the church and even used it to protect the church and…

Elmil Brunner interpreted the history of the church as moving from a fellowship of believers to an institution that preserved…

It is interesting to reflect on Emil Brunner’s analysis of how the church moved from an egalitarian fellowship under the…

Let me suggest an example of how it might look to see the church as the church through which God…

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

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

Jesus laid down the criteria for discerning the true from the false prophet, “…you will know them by their fruits.”…

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

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

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

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

When we think of the church today, most Christian thinkers recognize the importance of continuity with the past. While the…

We are still faced with the challenge of distinguishing the true church from a false church. While it is true…

Even as we pursue this thesis, it is important to state that to recognize the church as the Body of…

And sometimes it will be in the acts of obedience which surprise even those who participated in the decision. First…

Sometimes the Word of God will be revealed in a person or persons who demonstrate fruits of the Spirit in…