also need to be alert to the winds of change in our culture; we will attempt to do both of these in the chapters below. But neither of these factors can set our agenda or give our conclusions final validity. Accordingly, the first part of this book will examine the biblical evidence that supports the propositions above. This will take some time, but unless we do so the more practical sections which follow are devoid of general significance. In the area of church, more than any other, simply inviting