Resources on The Nature of the Church
Resources to help Christians better understand the nature of the church. What is the universal and local church? Why is the church considered a "body"? How does the church cultivate love for one another?
Sermons on The Nature of the Church
Beautifying the Body of ChristEphesians 5:22-32
October 11, 1992
Body Pains: Feelings of Self-Sufficiency
1 Corinthians 12:21-27
December 13, 1992
Body Pains: Feelings of Uselessness
1 Corinthians 12:14-20
December 6, 1992
The Cosmic Church
Ephesians 3:10
March 22, 1981
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His Body: The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All
Ephesians 1:15-23
September 20, 1992
How the Saints Minister to the Body
Ephesians 4:7-16
October 25, 1992
Israel and Us Reconciled in One Body
Ephesians 2:11-22
September 27, 1992
Living in the Spirit and in the Body for the Common Good
1 Corinthians 12:1-13
November 29, 1992
Living Together When Christ Is All in All
Colossians 3:12-17
September 13, 1992
The Local Church: Minimum Vs. Maximum
Acts 2:36-47
March 29, 1981
One Lord, One Spirit, One Body for All Time and All Peoples
Ephesians 4:1-6
November 8, 1992
Sound Judgment, One Body, Several Parts
Romans 12:1-8
November 15, 1992
We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ
Romans 12:1-8
September 19, 2004
Why the Saints Minister to the Body
Ephesians 4:7-16
October 18, 1992
You Were Bought with a Price
Glorify God with Your Bodies
1 Corinthians 6:20
November 22, 1992
Related Resources from Other Topics
- "I Will Build My Church" -- From All Peoples (Missions)
- Alone in a Big Church (Small Groups)
- Bad Title, Great Book (Missions)
- Becoming a Spiritual House and Holy Priesthood (Worship)
- Explosive Fellowship (Fellowship & Hospitality)
- Helping Each Other Endure to the End (Perseverance of the Saints)
- How Christ Enables the Church to Upbuild Itself in Love (Small Groups)
- How to Pray for a Desolate Church (Prayer)
- Idolatry, the Lord's Supper, and the Body of Christ (The Lord's Supper)
- No Condemnation in Christ Jesus, One Body in Christ (Small Groups)
- On Sharing Your Own Soul (Fellowship & Hospitality)
- The Supremacy of Christ and the Church in a Postmodern World (Culture)
- Three Campuses for Treasuring Christ Together (Multi-Site Church Ministry)
