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Oct 2025
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What Is the Essential Nature of the Chri...

J. Warner Wallace
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What does the Bible teach about the nature of Church? Are there certain non-negotiable essentials that all of us, as Christians, must believe about the Church in order to call ourselves Christians? Are there any over-arching principles that God has given us to help us live as a community of God? J. Warner discusses the essential doctrinal truths related to the "Communion of Saints". 

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