Author Archives: Laura

About Laura

My name is Laura and I am on a journey, pondering the implications of God's glorious design of humanity and integrating sundry aspects of this design into a description of what it means to be the new humanity.

Healing Second Order Theological Disagreements

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Laura

Back on July 30, 2009, Eric Carpenter, of A Pilgrim’s Progress, asked, “How should Christians reconcile infant baptism and believer’s baptism?” In the course of the conversation that followed, I brought up Al Mohler’s article, “A Call for Theological Triage … Continue reading →

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Training as Christians in Ordinary Life: The Vision

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Laura

Saturday dinner and Sunday lunch, I participated in communal meals.  One was planned and fancy; the other was impromptu and simple.  Both had excellent food, good friends, and a larger purpose. Saturday was Sanctify’s monthly dinner at Il Fornaio.  Back … Continue reading →

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Accidental Ecclesiology

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Laura

Accident: A circumstance or attribute that is not essential to the nature of something. Over the past week or so, I’ve unpacked three properties of essential ecclesiology: whatness, whoness, and whyness.  Beginning next week, I turn to three properties of … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Essential Ecclesiology: Whyness

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Laura

Continuing my unpacking of the essential properties (whatness, whoness, and whyness) of the Church from within my ecclesiological perspective, I move on to whyness. The purpose of the church.  We expand the kingdom of God.  This kingdom is the spiritual … Continue reading →

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Training as Christians in Ordinary Life: Nurturing Relationship

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Laura

If we take a look at the New Testament images of the church (body, building, and bride for example), some key characteristics stand out.  One of the most powerful is relationship.  Not that sort of fickle relationship seen in middle … Continue reading →

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