tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post4095591589904869936..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Church v. parachurchRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-859776300561854902013-05-25T12:14:31.289-04:002013-05-25T12:14:31.289-04:00I think NT church polity is fairly flexible. I don...I think NT church polity is fairly flexible. I don't think the NT gives us a blueprint for church gov't. Rather, it gives us some parameters.<br /><br />I view the church as the Christian community, united by Christ and the Spirit. The church is the new covenant community, governed by the word of God. <br /><br />As such, the church has many individual and collective expressions. When Christians gather for worship, that's a partial exemplification of the church, but Christian parenting is a partial exemplification of the church. We are the church. And what we do is a reflection of what we are. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56949211857330943822013-05-24T14:38:45.480-04:002013-05-24T14:38:45.480-04:00Steve, I would normally count myself among the cho...Steve, I would normally count myself among the choir that Dan is preaching to, but your post here has given me some things to think about. Would you be willing to flesh out your ecclesiology a bit more? Do you see some "parachurches" as actual churches? Does the NT, in your opinion, present a certain structure for local churches? How time/culturally fixed is that?<br />Thanks for your thoughts on this subject.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914126628566132517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-15506618684787399392013-05-23T14:43:54.369-04:002013-05-23T14:43:54.369-04:00This is both sound and respectful pushback. Thank...This is both sound and respectful pushback. Thanks for the post.Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-86519043154558329702013-05-23T13:10:17.039-04:002013-05-23T13:10:17.039-04:00Isn’t that a logical take on Ephesians, which is r...<i> Isn’t that a logical take on Ephesians, which is referring to the universal church rather than the local church? The universal church must have all these categories represented–not every local church or Christian organization.<br /><br />It looks as though Dan began with his desired conclusion, then cast about for prooftexts–instead of letting his conclusion arise from the prooftexts. </i><br /><br />If you'd posted this as a comment in that meta, you'd've been <a href="http://rhoblogy.blogspot.com/2013/05/baweeted-from-teampyro.html" rel="nofollow">baweeted</a>.Rhologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14245825667079220242noreply@blogger.com