The Kingdom of God is NOT: A physical nation on earth A coalition of nations A church Any man made organization Any territory labeled “Christendom” Western Civilization How do I know it is not these things? Jesus said in Luke 17:20-21 “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See…
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The Story of Everything
Image by Flavio Takemoto God Has a Plan for the World God made the world. God made man. Man decided that he could decide good and evil for himself. Death and suffering entered planet earth. Violence overtook the planet. God destroyed everyone with a flood – except for Noah and his family. After the flood…
Kingdom Come
In Matthew 6:9ff Jesus teaches us how to pray. I find that what he teaches us challenges some basic, and often unspoken, presuppositions of the modern Christian. The contemporary believer believes that God is concerned about spiritual things primarily; things like prayer, going to church, looking forward to heaven. Jesus does start with a spiritual…