Posts Tagged ‘ Fellowship ’

Theology of Community

1. Hospitality and Community John 3 In many ways, this letter is about the importance of hospitality. There is a positive and negative example. John praises Gaius for his love for the brothers (probably itinerant teachers), whom he has taken into his own house. In turn these brothers have shared with John the love they [...]


Theology of Christian Community

Christian Community 1. Does Christ call us into community? We can be certain that Christ calls his people into community. One of the most explicit examples of this point is when Jesus says that the world will know that we are his disciples by the love that we have for one another. (John 13:35) Jesus [...]


Building Community – A Reflection

Building and razing are not commensurate. To build takes time, skill, and a lot of hard work. To destroy takes none of these things. For example, my son and I built an enormous Lego edifice, which took over fifteen hours, but we destroyed it in less than one minute. There is a lesson to be [...]


1 John – A Theology of Community

  1. Fellowship with God – 1 John 1:1-4 What makes Christian community Christian is an understanding of who God is and what he has done in Christ, and the application of this understanding with others. To put it another way, Christian community is only possible when people have a relationship with God first. It [...]


Dietrich Bonhoeffer – Life Together

As I was reading through a commentary on 1 Corinthians, I came upon a quotation on the sheer beauty of Christian fellowship. The commentator, Richard B. Hays, quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book, Life Together. Bonhoeffer was a pastor, professor, and martyr for his resistance to Hitler. The excerpt was so pointed and filled with spiritual insight and [...]