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.

Criteria for Holiness and Catholicity

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Laura

(continuing with Clowney) In his chapter on holiness and catholicity, Clowney brings us back to the Scriptures and past traditional doctrine. Drawing on Paul’s epistolary salutations, he discerns two movements in holiness. In the initial movement, those who trust Christ … Continue reading →

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Having Missions vs Doing Missions

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Laura

The first work pillaged for the rubric is The Church by Edmund P. Clowney. In the midst of Clowney’s discussion of apostolicity and holiness as marks of the church, he makes the point that the church has the apostolic mission; … Continue reading →

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The Identity and Function of the Church

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Laura

Excerpt 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 specific expressions of church are practiced. The identity axis describes … Continue reading →

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The Missional Identity of the Church 7

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Laura

The 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 for and gratitude to Jesus in the presence of others. … Continue reading →

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The Missional Identity of the Church 6

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Laura

NOTE: 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 key features: the public-private dichotomy, the fact-value dichotomy, and the … Continue reading →

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