Teaching face to face
This article is about discussions in the church and teaching in church. The worship service and teaching is also discussed.
Instruction / Education / Equipping
This is an overview of the instruction, education, and equipping of members of the church.
Christian Education in the Local Church
Are You Apt to Teach?
This article looks at offices of minister and elder and the task of teaching in the church.
Response to Your Baptism: Chapter 4 – Taught Here in This Church
This article explains the background to the phrase in the Continental liturgical form for profession of faith that calls for agreement with the doctrine "taught in this Christian church." The article states that the church is to be found where the teaching of Scripture is maintained. It provides a synopsis of the debate in the sixteenth century regarding this very matter, between Catholics and Protestants.
Encouragement in the Faith: The Example of Those Who Have Gone Before Us
This article stresses the importance of learning from one another, and learning from those who walked the path of faith before us.
Continuing Education: A Pressing Need for the Church Today
Why Your Church and Family Need Catechesis
What the church historically has deemed to be essential for the nurturing of the church, is today neglected. What could that be? This article answers this question by pointing to catechesis.
The Body of Christ: Prophet, Priest, or King?
What is the church? The author wants to reflect on what he calls the "essence of the church," by which he means something more than just the functions of the church. He wants to look at the church in terms of carrying on the mission of Jesus. He develops his approach following the paradigm of the offices Jesus fulfilled while he was on earth: prophet, priest, and king. His purpose is to give a Christological understanding of the church.
Schleiermacher's Test for Truth: Dialogue in the Church
Whose task is it to do theology? How and where must it take place? Friedrich Schleiermacher's views on revelation as feeling and dialectical conversation are critically discussed. His view on the church as a "dialectical community" is considered, and appreciation is expressed for his view that theology is ultimately the task of the church.