What on Earth is the Church? : An Exploration in New Testament Theology - Giles, Kevin (Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1995)
1. Opening the Door: What on Earth Is the Church? The word ekklesia -- a brief comment -- 2. Jesus and the Founding of the Church -- 3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- 4. The Church in the Book of Acts -- 5. The Church in Paul's Earliest Epistles -- 6. The Church in the Middle and Later Paulines -- 7. The Church in the Non-Pauline Epistles and the Book of Revelation -- 8. Drawing the Threads Together and the Invisible-Visible Church -- 9. The Denomination as Church -- 10. Deficiencies in Past Ecclesiology and the Promise of Trinitarian Ecclesiology -- Excursus 1 The Meaning of the Word Ekklesia: Old Testament and Intertestamental Background -- Excursus 2 Translating the Greek Word Ekklesia.
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