Sentences with phrase «testament idea of the church»

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Since this is so, how is it that the idea of the church being a Body became so prominent if it is not found throughout the New Testament, but only rarely in Paul's letters?

His argument is influenced by the ideas of Tom Wright, New Testament Professor at St Andrews University, that the Church should be as concerned for the physical as the spiritual.

So, if you want to get an idea of what the authors insist are the pagan roots of most of our religious practices and compare them to the New Testament and early Church, get this book.

Any attempt to relate ourselves to the historical Jesus in a manner fundamentally alien to the experience of the New Testament church is based on a sophistical idea of history, and ultimately leads us away from the object of the quest.

All of these books have great ideas on how the church should be in todayâ $ ™ s society, but eventually it all boils down to becoming the church as God revealed it to us in the New Testament.

This idea of «getting back to biblical principles» and a «biblical church» or a «New Testament Church» is a tough one fchurch» or a «New Testament Church» is a tough one fChurch» is a tough one for me.