Abraham Kuyper’s On the Church?is our featured book during the month of February. Below is an excerpt from the volume’s introduction by Ad de Bruijne. Kuyper?s concept of the church as a colony of heaven and his careful contextualization shed new light on well-known emphases in his ecclesiology. Particularly notable are his distinction between the
Read moreAbraham Kuyper on Adam, Noah & the Church
Noah became in fact the second progenitor of the human race; not that he replaced Adam, since Noah himself was the fruit of human procreation, as God had not directly formed Noah by his own hand. Noah inherited his nature and character from his parents and grandparents, which had not been the case with Adam.
Read moreAbraham Kuyper on a Church That Is Both Organism and Institution
Over here people want the church to flow out into society, while over there they want the church revamped in line with Rome, and over yonder they want to make the church expand into the free church of our time. The one cries out: ?Away with the church, as institution or organization! Christian living must
Read moreMichael Bird on Church Schisms and the Imperative of Love
We have to start with the ecclesiastical vision of the Johannine letters, since that shapes the theological context in which church life exists. Love is foundational to John?s vision for the church, its theology and practice. Love is absolutely central to the ethical vision of the Johannine letters. The exhortations are replete with commands to
Read moreP. Chase Sears on the Eschatological Nature of Salvation
The good news of Jesus? death and resurrection ?is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes? (Rom 1:16). Salvation is a term which describes God?s work of delivering his people. For Paul such salvation is primarily eschatological. In Romans 5 Paul declared that ?since ? we have now been justified by his
Read moreThe Church, Israel & the Word of God
Lexham Press is pleased to introduce three titles, now available for pre-order in Logos digital editions. (Pre-order for print will be coming soon.) First is Heirs of Promise: The Church as the New Israel in Romans by P. Chase Sears, which is part of the Snapshots series, edited by Michael Bird. Sears examines the relationship
Read moreJohn Webster on the Hearing Church
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.???The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God?s creation.? Revelation 3:13, 14 One of the most startling things about the book of Revelation is that it is shot through with a conviction that Jesus Christ
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