by Kevin Bauder | Jul 21, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Ecclesiology, Local Church, Universal Church, What We're Reading
Some Baptists (e.g., Landmark Baptists) insist that the only ekklesia in the New Testament is a local church. Every usage, according to them, refers to the local church, individually or collectively. However, this view runs up against serious problems. For instance,...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 17, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Ecclesiology, Local Church, Universal Church, What We're Reading
The body of Christ is meaningful in so far as individual Christians have Christ as their collective head. It is not individual local churches of which Christ is the head. It is not even individual Christians who are members of local churches. Rather, all Christians of...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 19, 2017 | Alumni, Biblical Studies, Ecclesiology, Library Tips, Local Church, Theology
Jeff Brown is missionary (Baptist Mid-Missions) to Germany who earned his research doctorate from Central Seminary. He published his dissertation as Corporate Decision-Making and the Church of the New Testament (Pickwick Publications). The volume has recently been...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 24, 2016 | Christianity, Church Services, Ecclesiology, Holidays, Local Church, Pastoral Theology, Sacred and Mundane, Theology, Worship
You don’t have to be a strict Sabbatarian to understand that Adam Parker nails it.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 12, 2016 | Christianity, Devotion, Ecclesiology, Local Church
His essay is “The Narcissism of ‘Solitary Religion.'” Here’s part of what he says: There is, I suppose, a sort of paradox here, but it is a very natural one. Faith is something that no one else can do for you. It must be your own faith, or it...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 7, 2016 | Ecclesiology, Fundamentalism, Local Church, Separation, Universal Church
Why do we call it ecclesiastical separation? Some seem to think that we use this label because we are talking about separation that pertains to local churches, either in terms of their own membership or in terms of their outside fellowship. But that definition is both...
