some Reformed churches to establish a “Christian” civil realm, Lutheranism has tended to limit the term “kingdom” to Christ’s spiritual reign in the hearts of believers. The importance of that application is certainly not to be minimized, but it surely falls short of the great Pauline accent on the church as the “body of Christ” and related material accents such as the Sacraments, the resurrection of the body, and so on. The kingdom of God is comprised of flesh-and-blood people gathered around Word