“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become … the mature body of … Christ … as each part does its work.”  (Eph 4:15-16)

God, the Master Architect of His home—and ours—calls and equips every one of us to build one another up (Eph 4:16).

“Ministers” have a job description: “to equip His people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up.” (Eph 4:12)

The very idea of Family starts with God, our Father (Eph 3:15). This is one of the Bible’s many portraits of God’s people.

Disciple doesn’t mean just Peter, James and John. It’s a word that describes anyone who answers Jesus’ call to “Take My yoke upon you an learn from Me” (Matt 11:29).

According to one institute, Christians have built over 40,000 distinct denominations and sects worldwide. Is God their Architect?

The world clings to fleeting life, “looking out for #1.” But it is those who are immersed with Christ in His death who find life that never ends.

Paul (Rom. 11), Zechariah (ch. 4) and John (Rev. 11) all write about them, painting an intriguing portrait of God’s grafted people.

Make no mistake—while we love peace, we face war from a determined foe. But God provides us a panoply of armor matched to the challenge.

Elaborate sanctified buildings often sit nearly empty. But Christians first met in their homes, knowing that the people—not bricks and mortar—are God’s house.

The Old Testament prophets Haggai and Zechariah have a laser-sharp message for Christians today!

“Church” is how English Bibles translate the Greek word ekklesia—the same word Greeks used for their citizens’ assembly. The congregation is God’s “called-out assembly.”

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins….”  (1Jn 1:8-9)

“I am the good shepherd,” said Jesus “The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”  (John 10:11) Though we feel as useful as sheep, He loves us this much!

The patriarch who defined faith for the ages left a civilization behind to live in tents. But the Bible testifies that he looked for a city!

Church too often finds a sage on a stage addressing spectators. But the New Testament reveals a congregation where God’s Spirit nourishes all through every member.

“Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.”  (1 Cor 12:12)

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Read this in-depth study of what the Bible actually says about “baptisms.” Learn how God immerses His people in Christ, His Spirit, and one living body.