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At a time in which the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered the studied neglect of many Christian leaders. The persistent demands to market, manage and grow the church and to meet the felt needs of churched and unchurched all threaten to quench theological reflection on the abiding nature and mission of the church. But few activities bear...

of Christ. We know that, when the Lord comes, we shall be made like him (1 Jn. 3:2). For that reason, perhaps, evangelical Christians have discounted the importance of the transformation that the Lord seeks now, before his coming. Paul laboured night and day to present the church as a pure virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2). He did not limit his work to saving souls, in the relaxed confidence that the Lord would finish their sanctification when the trumpet sounds. Rather, his prayer and labour for the
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