Who is the author?
My name is Laura and these are the wonderings of a theologically trained ponderer (me), writing out-loud, while working to help form her small corner of the church.Read more about Laura and the blog:
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Category Archives: who are we?
Is the Local Church Primary?
Sam Metcalf is asking The Supremacy of the Church Local?. It’s that ill-informed concept that says the church in its local form is the only legitimate expression of the body of Christ. In this view, the congregational/diocesan form is the … Continue reading
Gleanings from Karkkainen–Perspectives on Ecclesiology
AN INTRODUCTION TO ECCLESIOLOGY: ECUMENICAL, HISTORICAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES By Veli-Matti Karkkainen Intervarsity Press © 2002, 238 pages (Names Index, Topical Index) I read this in 2004. I left my reading of the book with an important realization: “the church … Continue reading
Unity and Division: Insight from Radmacher
Thoughts on: WHAT THE CHURCH IS ALL ABOUT: A biblical and historical study by Earl D. Radmacher Chicago: Moody Press, 1972, 1978 441 pages Previous installments: The Pendulum Swings Is it all in a word? Universal and Local First, my … Continue reading
Universal and Local: Thoughts on Radmacher
Thoughts on: WHAT THE CHURCH IS ALL ABOUT: A biblical and historical study by Earl D. Radmacher Chicago: Moody Press, 1972, 1978 441 pages In this book , Radmacher gives an intriguing metaphor for the relationship between the universal and … Continue reading
Is it all in a word?
Thoughts on: WHAT THE CHURCH IS ALL ABOUT: A biblical and historical study by Earl D. Radmacher Chicago: Moody Press, 1972, 1978 441 pages Radmacher, chapter 4: ekklesia ekklesia is the tem most often translated “church” in the New Testament … Continue reading
