The Church in the Bible and the World: An International Study (Biblia.com)

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A study of the role of the church in the varied contexts of the globalised world, covering its mission, ministry, and worship, its role under persecution, the challenge of secularism and syncretism and the new hermeneutic. This collection of seven papers edited by Donald A Carson for the WEF Theological Commission’s Faith and Church Study Unit is the second in the series.

Edmund P. Clowney Do Christians need to think again about the doctrine of the church? Many would answer, ‘No!’ Mention the church and they begin to smell the musty odour of churchianity. It rises from the crypts of institutional religion, and permeates the seat-cushions of formal traditions. Martin Luther thanked God that even a child of seven knows what the church is. ‘Let the church focus on the gospel, preach Christ and him crucified, and the church will

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