Being the Body: A New Call for the Church to be Light in the Darkness (Biblia.com)

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An updated and expanded edition of the landmark book The Body, this book calls for unity in the Christian Church during tumultuous times. "Scriptural, searching, haunting, humbling, challenging, energizing, down-to-earth . . . all this and more is true of Being the Body, a radical update of Colson's blockbuster . . . now even more powerful than it was before. Here is visionary dynamite. Read it...

First, the church is not a building. The church is people. Just looking at the original Greek text of this passage shatters one of the most widespread misconceptions about the church. Ekklesia, the Greek word translated “church” in the New Testament, never refers to a building or a structure. An ekklesia was a gathering of people. Jesus’ word choice was well understood by the people of Palestine. For the culture at large, ekklesia meant a public assembly of citizens. It was used when they were “called

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