Ecclesiology – Apprentice 2 Jesus

The power of the Church

Maybe one day this will become a reality to us!

In my spiritual journey toward the Anglican Church, I have had for years a hunger for a better theology of the Church (ecclesiology). I tried to bring that emphasis into my ministry context as I was learning, but the overall structure I was in simply didn’t aid to that emphasis. I served in a denominationContinue reading “The need for the Church”

When we will see the glory of our King

Matthew 16:24-28 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gainsContinue reading “When we will see the glory of our King”

Talking about “Church”

Is “church” about “size” or “location”?

Bonhoeffer on Christian Community

Every human idealized image that is brought into the Christian community is a hindrance to genuine community and must be broken up so that genuine community can survive. Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their personal intentions mayContinue reading “Bonhoeffer on Christian Community”

The church is into mass production rather than fine art

I am working my way again through Simon Chan’s marvelous book, Liturgical Theology. As a Pentecostal scholar who calls us back into the deep “traditions” of the Church, I have found this book to be a refreshing read over the years. Chan doesn’t pull punches. He wants us to return to Cyprian’s goal of saying oneContinue reading “The church is into mass production rather than fine art”