If we look at the metaphors used of the Church we learn something of the nature and
Continue reading...The Church is the people of God, not to the exclusion of Israel as God’s people,
Continue reading...Three metaphors emphasize that the Church is the bearer of Christ’s testimony and
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Continue reading...When God destroyed the earth with a flood, He destroyed all humanity except Noah’s
Continue reading...The patriarch Jacob, who had been a shepherd all his life, described God as his shepherd
Continue reading...Matthew 12:46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood
Continue reading...The Church is never directly called the Bride of Christ, but the metaphor is made
Continue reading...Yahweh brought the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt and led them to Mount Sinai
Continue reading...When Jacob was fleeing from his brother and had a dream of a stairway to heaven and
Continue reading...We love stories of people taking over another person’s body, for humorous or dramatic
Continue reading...May I suggest that it is impossible not to have “church membership” in the abstract,
Continue reading...When Yahweh called Abraham and gave him a promise, there were already identifiable
Continue reading...In my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, there are over 2,000 churches. None of these
Continue reading...Wikipedia notes: The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church,
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