Metaphors of the Church: Olive Tree

“What is a church?” A simple question, but the answers we get are not always helpful.

This article is part ofa series exploring metaphors used in Scripture to describe the church. These metaphors give us an expanded and impressive view of the church. This week, I explore a metaphor that comes to us in Romans 11:the church is an olive tree.

An Olive Tree

Romans 9-11 is often the unfortunate battleground over theological distinctives such as predestination and freewill or various understandings of...