Together, “the Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16) and “Israel according to the flesh” (1 Cor. 10:18; Rom. 9:3) comprised ethnic Israel Church members inhabiting the earth when Paul wrote his epistles. Both the Israel of God and Israel according to the flesh had been saved through forgiveness of their sins by believing Jesus’ word. They [...]
Introduction Local churches, some with televised worship services, have become enclaves of ethnicity. In the multiculturalism of the United States, there are individual congregations whose makeup is predominately Norwegian, or German, or Anglo, or Hispanic, or African, or Jewish, or Chinese, or Korean—hyphenated Americans all.. One wonders if such will be the case when [...]