The Church Lie: The 11 Theses Review #24
Today 3/12/19 @ 2:00pm to 3:00pm
#20, 21, 22, 23, and including today, deal with the basics of ekklesia living, or sanctification. It begins with properly understanding the new birth. We have discussed the definition of sin and how it operates with law. We will continue in discussing how the new birth operates with law and how it effects ekklesia living.
Weekdays Monday – Friday when posted.
As I see what is trending in Churchland of late, I find myself interrupting my busy schedule to write an article or post a video because it oftentimes is just too rich to pass up. However, in every case, in the back of my mind, I am saying, “That’s chapter…in the book.” The book is meant to be very comprehensive, and what we missed will be included in the next addition. Meanwhile, I will be conducting a reading with commentary on our new book and how what’s trending in the church connects to the points made in the book. Hope you can join me.
LIVE LINK Scheduled to broadcast 3/12/19 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Archives: The Church Lie 11 Theses Channel
Read The Church Lie online for free.
Topics
When is John MacArthur Going to Start Telling the Truth?
@johnmacarthur Here: https://t.co/zzkA90341L you say you have NO theological differences with these people who believe “Christians” still need ongoing salvation found only in the church. So, when are you going to start being honest and clear that you believe that also?
— Paul M. Dohse (@PaulMDohse) March 12, 2019
Why the Very Premise of Church is a Lie
In our new book, “The Church Lie,” Andy Young and I might have fallen a little short with closing all the points in chapter one. I wish I would have read the article I read today before finishing our book because the article supplied the missing finishing touch that I couldn’t put my finger on. Before I share what I read in the article, let me add that the article is an argument for traditional church, so the point made in the article that I want to use is from a pro-church position.
The point that the article made for me follows: family is not a place, it’s a state of being; church is a place, not a family. Hence, church was never a part of the 1st century ekklesia. Your family is a family no matter where any member of the family is located at any given time. Location is irrelevant to anything that defines family. Not so with church; as the article points out well, location, and what is done at that location defines church. The true body of Christ is defined by being God’s literal family produced by the new birth. Therefore, functioning as a literal family is also a doctrinal statement. We are defined as a family, and function like a family.
In said article, the author is bemoaning online church. Why? Because it’s not church. In the article, church is defined by people gathering at a church, and partaking in sacraments and “communion.” Truly being a part of God’s body, according to the article, requires that you attend a designated place for specific purposes.
Sunday services at most protestant churches already revolve around the pastor’s sermon (often being projected on a screen), void of any sacraments or liturgy that involve the congregations participation…This should not need to be said but here it is: a church is a group of Christians who gather together in a physical space to participate in shared, embodied practices. It’s a lot more than that, too, but it’s not less. Church is inherently physical, tangible, and embodied. In How (Not) to Be Secular, James KA Smith defines the church as a “community of humans in communion.”
“Salvation is only effected by, one might say, our being in communion with God through the community of humans in communion, viz., the church. To depersonalize God is to deny the importance of communion and the community of communion that is the church, home to that meal that is called ‘Communion.’”
Temple worship as a means of obtaining a progressive salvation requires the following: a designated location for partaking in sacraments that atone for ongoing condemnation.
That’s church.
paul
The Church Lie: The 11 Theses Review #23
Today 3/11/19 @ 1:30 to 2:30
#20, 21, 22, and including today, deal with the basics of ekklesia living, or sanctification. It begins with properly understanding the new birth. We have discussed the definition of sin and how it operates with law. We will continue in discussing how the new birth operates with law and how it effects ekklesia living.
Weekdays Monday – Friday when posted.
As I see what is trending in Churchland of late, I find myself interrupting my busy schedule to write an article or post a video because it oftentimes is just too rich to pass up. However, in every case, in the back of my mind, I am saying, “That’s chapter…in the book.” The book is meant to be very comprehensive, and what we missed will be included in the next addition. Meanwhile, I will be conducting a reading with commentary on our new book and how what’s trending in the church connects to the points made in the book. Hope you can join me.
LIVE LINK Scheduled to broadcast 3/11/19 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Archives: The Church Lie 11 Theses Channel
Read The Church Lie online for free.
Topics
Paul's Passing Thoughts 
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