The Church (Ekklesia) Jesus is Building
Articles
Entrepreneurship According to the Kingdom of God (Article)
At Christ’s Table Ministries is totally committed to Paul’s exhortation: “while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith” (Galatians 6:10) – including those in developing nations. And I do believe that Christians in western nations who ignore this exhortation will have to give an explanation when they stand before the Lord on Judgment Day. However, we are also totally committed to another of Paul’s exhortations:
What the Spirit Says to the Church (Article)
In this teaching, we’ll be considering some scriptures that communicate to us that Jesus desires a people who are humble, submissive in spirit, and have respect and reverence for His word. The Church (Ekklesia) Jesus is building is fostered by an anticipation and appreciation for hearing God speak into their hearts and lives. As Jesus builds His Church, He is forming a people who gather to hear what He has to say to His Church – “the word of the Lord”,
Death Activates Life (Article)
The moving of the Holy Spirit which brings refreshing, renewal, revival, “newness of life”, and resurrection life in the Church must first bring a type of death to the works of the flesh. Death activates life.
Church: A Community for Transformation (Article)
The subject matter is “Transformation”: We are going to ask the following questions: Transformation – What is it? Why is it needed? How does it happen? Where does it happen? The Holy Spirit reveals Christ to us in the Church (Ekklesia) so that we can behold the glory of the Lord and be transformed into that same image we are beholding. In other words, beholding Christ in the Body of Christ, transforms us into the image of Christ “from one
Woman, the Well, & the Wilderness, The (Article)
Teaching Notes Concerning two woman – the Samaritan woman at the well, and Hosea’s wife in the wilderness – both of whom represent the Church (Ekklesia), with lessons to teach us about relationship with Christ and worship “in Spirit and truth”.
Speak Truth to Power ?, (Article)
I believe that the apostolic church of the first century was keenly aware of the realities of the spiritual “powers” of darkness and spiritual “forces” of evil. If the Church (the Ekklesia) today is to regain its apostolicity, it will need to recover this spiritual awareness in her true God-given calling. Suffice to say that those who desire to be involved in the Lord’s eternal purpose of “the manifold wisdom of God now being made known through the church to
Times of Refreshing (Article)
Peter exhorted the people to repent and return to the Lord “in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” This article discusses why we – the Church, the Ekklesia Jesus is building – need “times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord”
Bear One Another’s Burdens (Article)
“Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2) As a very brief commentary on this verse, this article shares some reflections on the terms“ burdens”, “bear”, and “fulfill”.
Foundation of the Church, The (Article)
Church … Jesus said, “I will build My Church”. What is the Church? What did Jesus mean when He used that word? Foundation … What is the Foundation of the Church? Paul said he “laid the foundation”, and that the foundation he laid had already been laid? What could that possibly mean? And, in any case, what does it mean to “lay a foundation” – how is the foundation laid?
Fellowship OF the Spirit, The (Article)
The Holy Spirit is the only One who gives the life of Christ which sustains His Body. (John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6) Jesus told us that the Holy Spirit would “take of what is Mine and declare it to you”. (John 16:13-15) “The fellowship of the Holy Spirit” is people participating in what the Holy Spirit is saying and doing – He shares with us the life of Christ, and we share the life of Christ with one another.