Comments on: stages in the history of visible church unity https://oxgoad.ca/2008/04/23/stages-in-the-history-of-visible-church-unity/ fundamentalism by blunt instrument Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: ox https://oxgoad.ca/2008/04/23/stages-in-the-history-of-visible-church-unity/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:41:13 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/04/23/stages-in-the-history-of-visible-church-unity/#comment-677 Hi Kent… I thought this one would draw something from you!

You know that I would not hold to an exclusively local theory of the church in this age, however I am convinced that the essence of the Great Commission is essentially local in its concept and application. I don’t see a mandate for the Church Triumphant in the Scriptures. I see a mandate for the churches dependent on the Might and Work of the Holy Spirit.

Our efforts should be geared primarily and almost exclusively towards the building of the local church. The more of us doing that, the better.

Regards,
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

]]> By: Kent Brandenburg https://oxgoad.ca/2008/04/23/stages-in-the-history-of-visible-church-unity/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:53:25 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/04/23/stages-in-the-history-of-visible-church-unity/#comment-676 Visible, universal unity. The Kingdom of Christ. Until then, the church, the only one, local.

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