Resources tagged with “Ecclesiology”

What is the biblical basis that every Christian should be a member of a Christian church?

The importance of honoring the leaders who God has placed over his people.

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Central to the Apostle Paul's ministerial focus is encouraging other leaders in the church to above all minister to the saints.

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There is a standard Christ-like shape effected by the Holy Spirit of the gospel ministry.

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Far from being suspicious, we should welcome any ecumenical consensus that emerges out of the clear biblical testimony to God’s justification of the ungodly by imputing their sins to Christ and Christ’s righteousness to them through faith alone. However, the consensus that seems to be emerging in our day, as in other eras, seems to find its core sympathy in a more synergistic (Arminian and Roman Catholic) framework. 

The Church is not a natural community but an outpost of God's Kingdom in this present evil age.

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You cannot have a theology that is completely determined by God’s sovereign grace and a practice that views salvation as a cooperative venture between God and human beings.

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To be truly Reformed is to be missional and to be missional is to be Reformed.

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Christians are to live in the reality of being fundamentally united to Christ and with each other.

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How sacramental occasions become times of blessing for Christians.

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God himself acts through his means of grace in our worship on the Lord’s Day.

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An analysis of the church growth movement and the implications for our own philosophy of ministry and efforts in serving Christ and his church.

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A defense of the centrality of the church in the Christian life.

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An interview with Dr. W. Robert Godfrey about his exodus from the Christian Reformed Church into the United Reformed Churches.

Our confessional Reformed denominations should consider a bold move to express their unity and increase the credibility of their witness by joining together under one general assembly with each former denomination becoming a particular synod under that general assembly.