The author of Hebrews identifies the church as a people caught up in what God is doing. At first, the prophets spoke of Jesus in the Old Testament, then Jesus fulfilled what they predicted, then the apostles and other early believers attested to that truth. Finally, God has continued the testimony through the church, verifying [...]
The apostle Paul taught that believers are “the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life.”[1] We leave the scent of Christ wherever we go, and with whomever we [...]
God loves you, but not just you. The Bible makes it clear in both Testaments that God’s plan for redemption involves a people, not just individual persons. When theologians seek to explain this, doctrines of the church emerge. A biblical doctrine of the church has to answer at least three general questions: “What is the [...]
I read the following quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer (originally from “Life Together”) in a compilation of writings titled “Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People”: If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, [...]
(These questions/answers are from Section 7 of the AC Catechism: Community & Kingdom Living. For the rest of Section 7, please read the previous post or purchase the AC Catechism here.) (Q. 111) What do you call the redeemed community of Christ? The church. 1 Cor. 1:2: To the church of God that is in [...]
