Liturgical Theology 3 | Liturgy = Ecclesiology

by Ben Sternke on December 14, 2006

Simon Chan’s book Liturgical Theology, in chapter two, makes the claim that worship is what distinguishes the church as the church. Worship is what makes a church a church, as opposed to some other kind of thing. There are other things the church does, and ought to do, but none of them are as foundational [...]

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Liturgical Theology 2 | What’s in your pneumatology?

by Ben Sternke on December 7, 2006

Simon Chan, in his book Liturgical Theology, says that the Holy Spirit was not merely given to empower the church to continue in Christ’s mission after he was gone. He says that the on the day of Pentecost, new stuff happened, that the church was transformed from being simply the people of God to being [...]

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Liturgical Theology 1 | Function or ontology?

by Ben Sternke on November 21, 2006

(from my old blog…) I’m going to be doing some thinking about worship and mission (and ultimately ecclesiology) based around a few books I’m reading. These discussions will probably veer into heavier theological territory, just to give some fair warning. That said, I am a firm believer in committed Christians engaging thoughtfully and critically with [...]

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