tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13996416.post3320487657028256663..comments2023-10-20T11:18:35.696-04:00Comments on on coffee: church as it should beoncoffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11247590396091771981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13996416.post-33522301188536134482007-07-06T12:28:00.000-04:002007-07-06T12:28:00.000-04:00agreed church is not an "it" i used the quote beca...agreed church is not an "it" <BR/>i used the quote because wright, who comes out an anglican expression of church is at least starting to see church as something other than what is has been<BR/><BR/>i don't think wright goes far enough (in this quote anyway) it is still a fairly individualistic view of church & faithoncoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11247590396091771981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13996416.post-83922080489693599022007-07-06T11:29:00.000-04:002007-07-06T11:29:00.000-04:00"Dear friends, the Church of Jesus Christ is not a..."Dear friends, the Church of Jesus Christ is not an 'it'. It is not a system of teaching. It is not something ecclesiastical. It is not an institution. (Oh I thank God for the day when He showed me this.) THE CHURCH IS A PERSON AND THAT PERSON IS JESUS CHRIST IN CORPORATE EXPRESSION.<BR/><BR/>We must revise our mentality when we talk about the Church, the Body of Christ. What are you talking about? - not an it, a something, as though it were a something in itself, and a teaching in itself. No, it is this Man with a family, with children, brothers and sisters, begotten of God, that is the Church." p37 of T. Austin Sparks - The Great Transition from Humanity to Another.<BR/><BR/>RoGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com