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Baptism and the Remission of Sins: an Historical Perspective, David W Leaven Volume 2 Issue 3 The Restoration Ideal Article 14 1-1-1993 Baptism and the Remission of Sins: An Historical Perspective, David W. Fletcher Douglas A. Foster Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/leaven Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Foster, Douglas A. (1992) "Baptism and the Remission of Sins: An Historical Perspective, David W. Fletcher," Leaven: Vol. 2 : Iss. 3 , Article 14. Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/leaven/vol2/iss3/14 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Religion at Pepperdine Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Leaven by an authorized editor of Pepperdine Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. 46 Leaven, Summer1993Foster: Baptism and the Remission of Sins: An Historical Perspective, Dav Book ~ e= Reviews •.•.•0 ~Z > ~~. ~(1§3~ Z >'~ ~>C1~ () ~ Jack Reese, Editor ~ ~ ~~;;C= ~tz ~ ~=~~~r-.~ ~ ACHTEMEIER ~CRADDOCK ~ ~~~~=~~ Tr~~Z ~~ ..,-.; C1 LIPSCOMB BOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKS The Second Incarnation: A Theology for the Church," "The Worship ofthe Church," and so on. 21st Century Church What Shelly and Harris promise instead is an ar- Rubel Shelly, Randall J. Harris ticulation of the church as the continuation of the Howard Publishing Company, 1992 ministry ofJesus - a second incarnation. The book asks the question''What if Jesus were a church?" It Shelly and Harris have done their readers a is their hope that this question will provide the great service by articulating in a thoughtful and theological energy for our tradition to move pur- readable way their thinking on the nature of the .posefully into the next century. church. This book comes at a time when by all counts While tying ecclesiology to Christology is Churches of Christ are in the midst of an identity not an earth shattering breakthrough, it is regret- crisis, and quite possibly what some are calling a tably a concept that has gone largely unexplored in "paradigm shift." Given Shelly's prominence as our movement. Simply by focusing the questions of preacher, lecturer, and author, this book takes on ecclesiology in this way the authors have provided added significance. It will doubtless be widely read an invaluable service. The extent, however, to and much discussed and could prove to be a book of which they pursue this noble enterprise is a bit considerable historical significance. uneven. Sometimes the Christology that provides As a collaboration, the book is essentially the foundation for the ecclesiology is more implicit seamless. The authors write, for the most part, in than explicit. This is not to say that some sections one voice, though there are times when the preacher lack a Christological focus altogether, but rather (Shelly) can be distinguished from the professor that a more vigorous exploration of the relationship (Harris). The book is greatly enriched by the breadth between the person of Jesus and the church could and variety ofsecondary sources quoted throughout, have been achieved. and one senses that it is here that the reader owes a This lack ofChristo logical exploration could great deal to Harris' training and expertise. be due to the fact that this is a book of the times. In The book is an ecclesiology- a study ofthe addition to charting a positive course for the church church - offered in a different key from what has in relation to Jesus, the authors have the added previously passed under that heading in the history burden of dismantling to some extent the type of ofour movement. The primary categories ofthe past pattern thinking that has produced the traditional do not appear in prominence here. Gone are the questions concerning the church listed above. In familiar headings "The Name of the Church,""The fact, this aspect of Shelly and Harris' work may be Founding of the Church," "The Organization of the the far more significant contribution for many who Published by Pepperdine Digital Commons, 1992 1 Leaven, Vol. 2 [1992], Iss. 3, Art. 14 The Restoration Ideal 47 read it. The final chapter asks the burning question of the The book is divided into four sections. The book. "Does the church discover its identity and find first (ANew Doctrine of the Church? Possibilities its mission via a backward-looking gaze? Or do we and Limitations) clears the underbrush by pre- live and function as aforward-Iooking people?" Their senting the church as a dynamic, forward-looking answer to both questions is a qualified "yes." Since entity that can and must change to meet the chal- the past contains the life of Jesus it has an au- lenges of being Christ's presence in a changing thoritative hold on the church. The author's also world. Using the language of Jesus, they suggest affirm the importance ofthe Acts and epistles for the that while the wine is unchanging, the wineskin ordering ofthe church's life. Yet, "while rooted in the must always be new to accommodate the ever bub- past, ... , the church's passion must always be bling nature of the gospel. The section ends by directed toward the future.Christianity which is exploring the role of scripture as an anchor for the true to its origins must always be eschatalogical." church. Here they provide what so many have The chapter preceding spells out the impor- waited to see - an articulation of a hermeneutic. tance of baptism and the Lord's Supper as future The second section (Fundamental Concep- oriented events. While both find their definition in tions) traces three images of the church that the relation to the past, both constantly urge us to look authors see to be central to the biblical witness: the forward when the work begun in our baptism is BodyofChrist; a Pilgrim Church; and the Fellowship complete. This chapter might hold fertile ground for of the Spirit. By emphasizing the body of Christ as us to consider the notion of restoration given the the fundamental image ofidentity for the church the fundamental notion of the church as a forward authors suggest a shift must occur in our thinking looking, pilgrim people. Rooted in the past, yet about the church from "institution to person, pattern longing for a future, the church lives out of a funda- to principle, deed to motivation." While all of the mental story ,which by its very nature allows the material in this section is thoughtful and provoking, church to be dynamic and responsive to future chal- new ground may be covered for many readers in the lenges and opportunities. This approach is sug- section on the pilgrim church. gested by the authors in the final chapter, but its As a pilgrim church, God's people never explicit exploration could shore up some of the am- delude themselves into thinking they have arrived. biguity in the hermeneutic suggested in chapter 2. They are always a people on the way. As such, the In the final analysis the authors give us church is not so much an entity with its eye fixed on much to think about. There are certainly places to the rear view mirror of church history. But it looks disagree. There are even more places to stop and forward, confessing its failings, trusting in the mercy think and wish for more instruction from these of God, and eagerly awaiting its consummation gifted thinkers. To conceive of the church in the when Jesus returns. This concept requires ways they suggest will introduce changes into our reorientation for a restoration people. At the very congregations. They successfully and gently point least it suggests that restoration is an ongoing pro- out some of the weaknesses of our early pattern cess. Yet, the implications appear to strike even thinking and lift our gaze to see a different pattern. deeper, to the very notion of restoration itself. In They compel us to see the true identity ofthe church, what sense is restoration a valid notion in light ofthe less in its institutional forms, and more in the church's identity as a pilgrim people? The reader character and person of her founder. The implica- awaits the authors' answers to this question until tions ofthis ecclesiology, if diligently pursued, could the last chapter. consume a church's agerida for years to come. Such The third section of The Second Incarna- a church would undoubtedly find God's renewing tion deals with what the authors term "Fundamen- presence. tal Relationships." The church relates to God in worship. The church's life is forged through its Mark Love internal discoveries as it practices compassion, en- Gresham, Oregon couragement, and confession. The church relates to the world through service, deliberate acts ofjustice and mercy, and through prophetic utterance. An entire chapter is related to evangelism. The last section of the book picks up again many of the concepts raised early and continued through the chapter on the pilgrim church. The section is entitled,"Ecclesiology and Eschatology." https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/leaven/vol2/iss3/14 2 Foster: Baptism and the Remission of Sins: An Historical Perspective, Dav 48 Leaven, Summer1993 Christ (instrumental). Though separated by other Baptism and the Remission of Sins: An His- hermeneutical matters, these bodies share the heri- torical Perspective tage of belief in immersion of believing adults for edited by David W. Fletcher remission of sins. Joplin, MO: College Press Publishing Company, In ten thorough chapters the contributors 1990. 432 pp. cover everything from the early leaders' theological background in Reformed and Independent thought Early in both the Stone and Campbell (Jack Cottrell and Lynn Mclvhllan), the early views movements baptism forced its way to the center of of Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell (Michael concern.
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