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identity of the church Archive
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Which came first, church or mission?
Posted on 2009/12/26 | 2 CommentsThis side of heaven, missiology and ecclesiology are so intertwined, it is difficult to to determine which came first. Might it be that the sequence is irrelevant, that missiology does... -
Being Church in the Real World
Posted on 2009/07/17 | No CommentsYesterday, the Registrar’s Office, in cahoots with our boss’ wife and sons, gathered for a surprise 30-year work anniversary lunch. Now, I know other offices gather for such things, but... -
Identity of Church: by divine definition or human decision?
Posted on 2009/01/26 | No CommentsInputs: Horrell, Viola, Isaiah 24-27, Sunday sermon 1/11 Who we are is a defined thing and the definition (laid down in the apostolic tradition comprised of the normative beliefs and... -
Church: Theme and Variations
Posted on 2008/12/29 | No CommentsWe are the community of holy ones, called to be holy in the world for Christ’s sake and to mature through cooperation with the Holy Spirit and remaining in Christ.... -
Kingdom Now, Then, and When
Posted on 2008/08/22 | No CommentsThe first stage [of the Kingdom] was the presence of spiritual power in the Holy Spirit under the intercessory ministry of a heavenly Christ, and the second stage [is] the... -
Trinity and Community–some conclusions
Posted on 2008/04/08 | No CommentsBack in 2006, I wrote a paper on Trinity and Community for Church and Family. Here are my conclusions and the bibliography. Excerpts from The Economic Trinity, the Missio Dei,... -
The Identity and Function of the Church
Posted on 2007/06/08 | 1 CommentExcerpt from “The Identity and Function of the Church in Lesslie Newbigin’s Missionary Ecclesiology,” my paper on Newbigin’s ecclesiology. One might think of ecclesiology as an identity-function grid upon which... -
The Missional Identity of the Church 7
Posted on 2007/05/10 | No CommentsThe Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Lesslie Newbigin 255 pages Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (December 1989) ECCLESIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS The church is… a community of peace, overflowing reverence... -
The Missional Identity of the Church 6
Posted on 2007/04/19 | 2 CommentsNOTE: this post has been rewritten Foolishness to the Greeks Lesslie Newbigin 160 pages Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (April 1986) Post-enlightenment culture, chapters 1-2 Modern culture has three... -
The Missional Identity of the Church 5
Posted on 2007/04/04 | 3 CommentsQuestion to Consider from my reading of Newbigin’s The Open Secret If the Trinity is best understood through the narratives of salvation history and if the ecclesia exists only in...
