Bem: Challenge and Promise
“BEM is a barometer of the churches' honesty before God in the eventual fulfillment of Christ's will ‘that they may all be one’ (John 17)… BEM brings a critical moment of truth to all Christian traditions. It is a moment of judgment and a moment of decision, neither of which can fulfill th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1986
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Theology today
Year: 1986, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 478-489 |
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Summary: | “BEM is a barometer of the churches' honesty before God in the eventual fulfillment of Christ's will ‘that they may all be one’ (John 17)… BEM brings a critical moment of truth to all Christian traditions. It is a moment of judgment and a moment of decision, neither of which can fulfill the will of the risen Christ without deep prayer, repentance, and spiritual struggling over what it means to be Christ's one body, one flock, one household in the world which God has created and redeemed.” |
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ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368604200407 |