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What is the relationship between the Church and Israel? And how does that influence our understanding of the Old Testament? In Heirs of Promise, P. Chase Sears answers these questions by taking a biblical-theological approach to the book of Romans. He argues that Paul views the Church as the new Israel—not a replacement of Israel, but rather the continuation of Israel reconstituted in Christ. As...

The relationship between the Church and Israel is an intriguing subject and one that has significant implications for how Christians understand the fulfillment of Old Testament promises. This issue is one that even the earliest of Christians wrestled with as Gentiles began to hear and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ (Acts 11:1–18). For example, the question arose as to whether Gentiles should be required to adopt Jewish identification markers, including circumcision (Acts
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