Blogs Posts on "Ecclesiology"

What man, who's the man, when's a man a man, why's it so hard to be a man? by Theologies on Nov 19, 2009Tina Beattie is a Catholic feminist and has, accordingly, written a book called New Catholic Feminism. Can you guess what it's about?A lot of 20th century Catholic theology defines femininity in terms of 'active reception', and takes Mary as its mode...

Sees the Trees, Misses the Forest by Christian Book Reviews on Nov 8, 2009Secondhand Jesus: Trading Rumors of God for a Firsthand Faith – Glenn Packiam David C. Cook (June 2009) Topic: Ecclesiology; Ethics, Morality, & the Christian Life Summary: An account of having your faith survive when your church undergo...

The Kingdom of God and the Church--An Outline by A Pilgrim's Redress on Oct 29, 2009Much has been said in the last century and a half concerning the relationship of the Kingdom of God and the Church. Some have questioned if the Church is related to the Kingdom of God at all insisting that it was a sociological development by the ap...

Sermon For Sunday Week: In Christ Alone My Hope Is Found by Big Circumstance - the blog of Dave Faulkner, a Methodist minister in the UK on Oct 23, 2009Tomorrow (Saturday) I begin a week’s leave to spend half term with Debbie and the children. I have just finished writing my sermon for Sunday week, when I return to duty. Here it is. Revelation 21:1-8 All around me I find people struggling for...

Is "Unity" Worth The Price of Admission? by A Pilgrim's Redress on Oct 19, 2009Here is part of what David Strain thinks,I simply cannot see how else to say that we love the local church without also saying that we believe the local church should function this way and not that way. Let’s love the church enough to have a clear...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer in New York by Faith and Theology on Oct 18, 2009Over the past few days I had a delightful time reading Volume 10 of the new edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's works, Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928-1931 (Fortress 2008), 764 pp. – a remarkable collection of letters, sermons, essays and lectures f...

Church Visions and Purpose Statements by A Pilgrim's Redress on Oct 7, 2009I am not a fan of how churches have adopted the business practice of developing "Visions" and "Purpose Statements." However, if you are going to have a "Vision" for your church, let it be like this one. In a post from today over at Letters from Mis...

Getting the Questions Right by A Pilgrim's Redress on Aug 12, 2009To anyone who knows anything about the OPC, not only is the denomination small, but a majority of her congregations are small as well. This lack of size does create certain challenges. However, it also can lead to certain questions, all of which ar...

Churchless Christianity? by A Pilgrim's Redress on Jul 30, 2009In light of my previous post, I thought I would promote a good book that helps to provide a positive account of Reformed theology's understanding of the Church as an institution. From the same guys who have written Why We are not Emergent(check out...

Discipleship and christology by Faith and Theology on Jul 12, 2009Today I drove to Canberra to give a talk at the School of Discipleship, an annual theological conference/retreat for Australian university students. While I was there, I heard a gripping and compelling lecture on Jonah and Second Isaiah by one of the...