Photo Credit: Onironauta... via Compfight cc In the days when He walked among us, it only took Jesus Christ two words to open the Kingdom of God to anyone with ears to hear. These two words continue to resound from His throne to us today, and we do well to pay attention. As Jesus passed … Continue reading Only Two Words
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How the Kingdom Progresses
It never ceases to amaze me how the King could take such simple things from everyday life and use them to profoundly illustrate the Kingdom of God. But that is the true essence of a parable. It takes something ordinary and throws it alongside a spiritual truth in order to make it come alive in … Continue reading How the Kingdom Progresses
Kingdom Warfare part 2
We live in the midst of a hostile society. Dominated by the evil one (1st John 5:19), everything in the world system works in complete opposition to the nature of God (1st John 2:16). And they hate it when we say anything about it. So how do we oppose the corruption of society in the … Continue reading Kingdom Warfare part 2
Kingdom Warfare Part 1
As we seek to live under the Rule of God, we are introduced to an arena of vicious spiritual warfare. We have an enemy that is hell-bent (literally) on reducing our lives down to something other than what the King has in mind. How do we respond? As he outlines the conflict in which we … Continue reading Kingdom Warfare Part 1
Kingdom Repentance
In his book The End of Religion, Bruxy Cavey writes, "I once say someone holding a sign that said, 'Repent for the end is near!' He got it wrong. Jesus didn't say the end was near. He said that the kingdom of God was near. If I repent because the end is near, then I'm … Continue reading Kingdom Repentance
Living in the Reign 