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The Body of Christ: A Biblical Understanding of the Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

Reinder Bruinsma begins his book on the church with this clear, straightforward definition: the church is the body of Christ—God’s people. Bruinsma believes this doctrine has not been adequately wrestled with today. His readable and informative treatment of this vital topic fills a vital gap in Adventist literature. His far-ranging look at the doctrine of the church moves from Old and New...

considerable ethnic and cultural diversity, but there were as yet no formal organizational splits and therefore no questions as to how to work for organizational reunification. The unity spoken of in the New Testament is a unity in Christ (Eph. 4:1–6), a unity that should not be threatened by a desire for power or an unhealthy attachment to particular leaders (1 Cor. 1:1–13). Any dividing wall between different factions caused by religious, cultural, linguistic, or ethnic traditions (Eph. 2:14–16)
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