Comments on: Corporate vs. Individual faith http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/106 Christian Education, Leadership, and Misc. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Questioning the Linearity of Time | The Divine Spark http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/106/comment-page-1#comment-12025 Questioning the Linearity of Time | The Divine Spark Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:26:01 +0000 http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/106#comment-12025 [...] equation for salvation. One such equation could be the following:   X (individual faith) + Y (corporate faith) = eschatological realization of the Parousia.  Yet, the argument for linear time rests on its [...] [...] equation for salvation. One such equation could be the following:   X (individual faith) + Y (corporate faith) = eschatological realization of the Parousia.  Yet, the argument for linear time rests on its [...]

]]> By: Jon http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/106/comment-page-1#comment-35 Jon Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:15:49 +0000 http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/106#comment-35 This is a very helpful piece on the corporate nature of faith and the perspective on individual faith. I am not sure I have thought in these terms as I wrestle with my understanding of faith. As I take in what you have written, it strikes me that we need to change the WAY in which we educate in faith. Our very programmic nature keeps us from focusing on the whole as we segregate into individual parts. We constantly remind people of their individual nature but rarely talk about the corporate body and the needs of the body. How often do we ignore our hunger? How long can we last without nourishing our own bodies? Yet we neglect the corporate body for years at a time and wonder why it is in the state it is! I see this as a challenge for a generation we have taught to think of themselves first. We now need to re-engineer the Church so that our focus is of corporate nature. This is a very helpful piece on the corporate nature of faith and the perspective on individual faith. I am not sure I have thought in these terms as I wrestle with my understanding of faith. As I take in what you have written, it strikes me that we need to change the WAY in which we educate in faith. Our very programmic nature keeps us from focusing on the whole as we segregate into individual parts. We constantly remind people of their individual nature but rarely talk about the corporate body and the needs of the body. How often do we ignore our hunger? How long can we last without nourishing our own bodies? Yet we neglect the corporate body for years at a time and wonder why it is in the state it is!

I see this as a challenge for a generation we have taught to think of themselves first. We now need to re-engineer the Church so that our focus is of corporate nature.

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