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Interview on the E.A.R. Podcast

May 20, 2019 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I had the please of being interviewed and having a conversation with Brandon Queen on the E.A.R. Podcast. We talked about the subject my article in the forthcoming volume of the ‘Westminster Society Journal’. The title of the article and the interview is “Church is a Place You Go.”

You can find the interview below. The E.A.R. Podcast can be found on Anchor, as well as a number of other platforms…

On the Vocabulary of Church ‘Membership’

December 20, 2018 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

People who are part of a particular congregation are often called church “members.” This language is profoundly biblical, and is a visible, covenantal manifestation of the believer’s union with Christ.

μέλος (melos) is the Greek word used to describe the individual parts of a body (literally “body member”). For example, the tongue is an individual member of the body (James 3:5-6). μέλος is used metaphorically to describe the relationship between believers and Christ. Individual believers are all μέλη (members) of Christ (Romans 12:4-5), because we are in Christ. This union with Christ is total: even our bodies, as part of ourselves, are μέλη of Christ (1 Corinthians 6:15, Ephesians 5:29-30). We have been united to Christ as his members through the work of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:12-13). The abiding of John 14 is best described in terms of our union with Christ, our membership in and with him…

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