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- June 2, 2008
There is a sense in which our understanding of the church as the Body of Christ revives the question of…
- May 30, 2008
What we are risking in seeking God's word in the body is acting on the faith that Christ, as a…
- May 29, 2008
I realize that such quick and simple correlation between life situations and biblical stories might also lead to erroneous decisions.…
- May 28, 2008
The members of many mainline churches often draw back from utilizing Scripture in their decision making because they feel inadequate…
- May 27, 2008
It is common for Christians to conclude their prayers with the phrase “through Jesus Christ our Lord.” What we have…
- May 26, 2008
Just as for clergy, so too people who are members of a church need to be made aware of the…
- May 23, 2008
A critical change in attitude occurs when we come to a full recognition of the fact that the church is…
- May 22, 2008
Perhaps this slow dissolution of the power of the church and of the clergy of the church can offer us…
- May 21, 2008
This change in the authority of the church can be very frustrating to those who have devoted their lives to…
- May 20, 2008
It may be that God permitted the institutionalization of the church and even used it to protect the church and…
- 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."…
Connectional Church (3)
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