Episode 19: The body of Christ
When New Testament writers speak of the “church,” they’re not referring to a place or a building; they’re referring to a people. Moreover, as Paul teaches in Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12, those people together are “the body of Christ.” He uses the same metaphor in Colossians 1:18. There, however, his point is to insist that Christ is the “head” of the body. And later, in chapter 2, we’ll have to ask ourselves the hard question: if the so-called church isn’t truly connected to the head, is it still his body?
