the reading of the Jewish Scriptures, life together in communities of believers—these are examples of common emphases. But within each of these categories, there are lots of differences and varieties. As we have seen, groups of believers have different structures and leadership, there are different and numerous interpretations of Jesus’s death, there are different understandings of what God is doing in the present and will do in the future. Faithfulness remains a contested value; it can take various
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