February 2nd, 2008 by iMonk
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I attended Southern Seminary in 1979, 1982-84, and 1986-87. I earned the M.Div and 36 hours of doctoral work. During that time, I studied with Dr. Timothy George in several classes. One J-term- I believe it was summer- […]
February 10th, 2008 by iMonk
This is the last post on the subject of the Church: Flawed and Finished. The others are directly below. I will be doing an F.A.Q. post on the topic.
1, 2, 3, 4.
What is the connection between the flawed church in history and the completed, finished perfect body of Christ?
Is […]
February 9th, 2008 by iMonk
Before moving on into more posts on the relationship of the historical church and the ideal church, I want to ask and briefly answer some questions.
1. To what extent is the historical church flawed?
Like the human beings that make up the church, the historical church is fallen, sinful and affected […]
February 8th, 2008 by iMonk This series looks at how imperfect and flawed congregations can possibly be the church of Jesus. The first two posts in the series are here and here.When scripture speaks of the church in ideal terms, it is always from the viewpoint of God’s finished work of love and new creation […]
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February 7th, 2008 by iMonk
The introduction to this series is here. I was somewhat “motivated” recently when a Protestant convert on EWTN said “Protestants have Christ, but they don’t have his bride.” I found the statement quite…..interesting, especially in view of how I believe the scriptures describe the church in history and in God’s […]
February 7th, 2008 by iMonk
Some recent comments on EWTN drove me back to my Bible and some time thinking through my concept of how the church is both fallible and perfect; flawed and finished; historical and eternal. I’ll share several brief posts walking through the relationship between a very human and flawed historical reality […]
The Bible and Proposition 8
By Chuck ColsonGospel Herald Guest ColumnistsWed, Dec, 17 2008 02:49 AM PT
The passage of Proposition 8, the ballot measure that banned same-sex “marriage” in California, has stirred the ire of gay activists like little else. Besides thuggish vandalism of church property, that anger is being translated into mockery of the faith […]
Scholar: Why Do Good in a Hopeless World?
By Lillian KwonChristian Post ReporterWed, Nov, 26 2008 05:00 AM PT
Why do good in what seems to be a hopeless world, posed one top biblical scholar and author to students at Harvard University.
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Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright speaks at Harvard University during a Nov. 18-20,2008 outreach […]
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