Posts with the category “kingdom-of-god”

It was the second time in a week and my wife Amber was highly offended. A close friend this time. A few days earlier, the offense had been from an acquaintance and had been countered by an appropriate...  Read More

Justice is a way of living in right-standing with those around you and making wrongs right. This stems from the Biblical concept that we are all image bearers of God and therefore should treat each ot...  Read More

"What if God is calling you to just be? To be like Christ. To be His hands and feet. To be the church.”...  Read More

The President of the United States, or any politician, is not our hope for rooting out evil from society. Sure, we want them to be competent and trustworthy, but that’s often not the case. Instead of ...  Read More

Covid-19 has accelerated a trend towards defining life in digital space where reality can be self-generated and we can become our own god. As followers of Jesus who define their lives according to the...  Read More

The celebrations of the Bible were designed by God to do two things: honor God and invite the outcasts of society into God’s family. They were to have more purpose than to make the host look good. I d...  Read More

If churches took Jesus seriously at his word, they would be consumed with training their congregations to live as lambs in a world full of wolves. Instead of elevating the few who are called to minist...  Read More

Have you ever noticed that the Temple always got Jesus and His disciples in trouble? Jesus drove out the money-changers from the Temple courts, but if you think that was just about economics, you woul...  Read More

Historically, when the church faces insurmountable natural forces and dreams of influence die, it goes back to its roots. This is called renewal. I believe we are in one of those periods now. Make no ...  Read More