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What is a church? This can be a difficult question to answer and Christians have offered a variety of perspectives. Gregg Allison explores and synthesizes all that Scripture affirms about the new covenant people of God, capturing a full picture of the biblical church. He covers the topics of the church’s identity and characteristics; its growth through purity, unity, and discipline; its offices...

of God will be taken away from you and given to a people [ἔθνος (ethnos), or the Gentiles] producing its fruits. And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him” (Matt. 21:43–44). Whereas the old covenant people of God were mostly Jews, the new covenant people would feature Jews and (mostly) Gentiles in the church. In conclusion, then, the church is the church of the new covenant. Like the other covenants found in Scripture, the new covenant
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