In the last post I contended that the church isn't a voluntary society like the Rotary Club. I also introduced the taxonomy of "invisible church" and "the visible church". Here I want to offer biblical support for these categories. Before that though, a short definition of 'church' may be helpful. The word church (or Kirk … Continue reading Mother Kirk Part 2
Mother Kirk
Multipart Series on the Church
Mother Kirk, Part 1
Really, what is the church?If you take your cues from the contemporary evangelical world, it's a voluntary society - like the Kiwanis or Rotary club, like the Gideons or YMCA. Apparently we've learned our ecclessiology from John Locke. Locke wrote, "A church, then, I take to be a voluntary society of men, joining themselves together … Continue reading Mother Kirk, Part 1
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