“The point of saying that the Eucharist makes the church is that the body of Christ is not a perduring institution which moves linearly through time, but must be constantly received anew in the Eucharistic action…. Because the church lives from the future, it is a thing that is not. The church i...

Here's the latest comment on a post that demonstrated heavy use of weasel words to suggest a conclusion unwarranted by evidence to advance the author's ideology in the name of critiquing Balthasar's ideology. ... What’s this, Halden, a “Petrine symphony� is what Balthasar’s book is all about...

Vintage Church sets up to be the continuation of where Vintage Jesus left off. Vintage Jesus upset some people as they thought that Driscoll took too many liberties in describing who Jesus was. Although I disagree with them, it is hard for me to see where those same people will have issue with this ...

We must be very aware of the great challenges that lie before us to help our people live out their faith. Our people are asking us the right questions and we are seeing our "philosophy of ministry" mature into actual "living ministry" right before our eyes! It is very important that all of us are co...

I have followed Bob Hyatt's blog for awhile now, and greatly admire the work he's done in planting a church in Portland. I think we'll probably use the Lent prayer guide he put together as an aid to a fruitful Lenten season at Christ Community. Bob has an interesting post up (Franchise Ahoy!) about ...

Remember the day of rest in order to sanctify it. Six days thou shalt work and in them do all thy work; the seventh, however, is the rest of the Lord thy God. On it thou shalt not do any work, neither thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maid, nor thy animals, nor the for...

There is an ancient Jewish prayer that says, “Thank God I am not a woman, a slave, or a pagan.�But according to a different worldview, the Apostle Paul went to Philippi in Acts 16 and built a church with a woman named Lydia, a slave girl and a jailer who was a converted pagan. Welcome to the Cit...

In Acts 16, God called the Apostle Paul to go to Macedonia which is a territory that is commonly today called Greece. Paul followed God's call and went to the city of Philippi which had received its name from Philip of Macedon (the father of Alexander the Great). Philippi crowned a steep hill encirc...

Last time I talked about what the church is. There's a difference between the big-C universal body of believers in Christ, to use the common analogy, and the little-c local church. There is a difference between the two, which I'll get to, but as a general rule the local church has the same mission a...

When thinking about Jesus' relationship to the Church we do not often think of his 'creative joy' in creating, sustaining, and loving a church. His relationship to us should also be reflected in our relationship with the Church and with the outside world. The Church is also to be a place of creative...