Body of Christ
Building Well and Being Built
Years ago, I worshipped with a small group of believers who did a church plant in Bellingham, Washington. They named the plant, “Oikos,” a transliteration of the Greek term οἶκος, which simply means “house.” I thought it was a pretty cool name for a church plant. But variations on the term οἶκος take us in…
Read MoreThree Metaphors for the Christ-Follower
The pages of scripture are replete with metaphor. God frequently speaks metaphorically to his people, using metaphor with and through the old covenant prophets. Jesus teaches in metaphor through parables. The apostle Paul writes with metaphor. For those not familiar with metaphor, it is a figure of speech that is applied to something to suggest…
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