The Church Jesus Builds
Overview
From the very beginning God had one plan in mind to spread His message of hope throughout the world—the church. For two millennia the Church of Jesus Christ has undergone significant changes and seen countless local manifestations. Yet it is empowered by one Spirit. In this timely, helpful volume, twelve insightful authors offer a practical, relevant picture of the church for today.
Top Highlights
“‘As the Father has sent me, even so I send you’ (John 20:21, RSV, emphasis added). In short, the Church’s mission in the world is intended to be something of a continuation of Jesus’ own Incarnation.” (Page 30)
“To incarnate Jesus means that the Church is to model Jesus’ way as continuing evidence that the kingdom of God has come.” (Page 34)
“John Wesley believed the vocation for which humans were created, and which is restored in salvation, is nothing less than to ‘live as the image of God in the world.’4 This is incarnational thinking at its best.” (Page 32)
“I can’t think of a better explanation for the state of the average American church these days, than to describe it as a wholesale failure to take Jesus seriously.” (Page 33)
“the Incarnation is about identification—God identifying completely and absolutely with fallen humanity” (Page 31)
- Title: The Church Jesus Builds
- Editor: Joseph Coleson
- Publisher: Wesleyan Publishing House
- Publication Date: 2006
- Pages: 205