authority. If our vision lies in a return to a New Testament church, then there’s good news. We’ve already arrived! Let’s face it. There were no “good old days” for the church. There were no favorable times and no better saints than there are today. While we may learn from the past, we cannot copy it. A vision for the church in the twenty-first century cannot come from going backward into the future. Our vision must arise from recognizing what the transcendent, contemporary God wants to do for his