The Church

Jessefoster

Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three are gathered unto my name”. Does it say, “For where two or three gather unto my name”? No, it doesn’t say that, and there is a big difference between gathering ourselves together and being gathered. To gather is your doing, to be gathered is someone else’s doing.

Who is the gatherer? The Holy Spirit?

And where does the Holy Spirit gather? The Holy Spirit gathers to where Jesus is. John 16:14, in speaking of the Holy Spirit, said, “He shall glorify me”. Who will he glorify? Jesus.

Discussion

Is the Gospel Coalition on its way down?

Ed Vasicek

With Harris, Mahaney, Driscoll, and Tchividjian’s disenchantmentm, one might conclude that the Gospel Coalition is more about bad news than good news.

What are your thoughts? Is this simply a ripple or are the foundations beginning to crumble?

Poll Results

Is the Gospel Coalition on its way down?

Discussion

Were Jesus and Paul Separatists? Aphorisms for Thinking about Separation

swalker

Read the series so far.

Please, consider reading all of the preceding articles before delving into this one. While I’ve tried to make them each stand alone, they are linked together.

Aphorism 1: The debate between Bible believing Christians about separation is fundamentally about the how to apply the passages in the Bible commanding separation.

Aphorism 2: All applications of the commands of Scripture are based on a particular context outside the Bible. Therefore unless the context is identical to what was intended by the Bible, an application cannot be as normative as Scripture itself.

Aphorism 3: Applications of the commands of separation must take into account Jesus’ and Paul’s application of these same commands as recorded in the Gospels, Acts, and the epistles.

Discussion