Kingdom of God

pressing the minutia upon which much ink is spilt and highlight the essentials of the kingdom of God that all Christians who have faith in the Bible would share. Henry says, "the burden of these articles is not to press a personal kingdom viewpoint, but rather to promote an evangelical conviction that nothing is so essential among Fundamentalist essentials as a world-relevance for the Gospel. Whatever in our kingdom views undercuts that relevance destroys the essential character of Christianity…

show how to live life the way God wanted his followers to live it. Before I speak on the Sermon on the Mount there are several reasons as to why Luke and Matthew are very similar. The first reason is because both…

Much can be learned from a cursory online search of the writings of Lesslie Newbigin. Many well known outlets feature his works, and give tidbits of biographical information. A prolific author, most of his literature revolving around the construction, operation, mandate, message and mission of the Christian church. He is touted as being instrumental to the foundation of the contemporary missional church movement. Newbigin does not consider our selected reading, The Open Secret: An…

by discussing that the Elijah List is a vault of the Timeless words of Heaven that God has entrusted into them to be stewarded to the body of Christ. And that out of this vault has come the precious things from Heaven that He wants to send out to the entire world. Bobby then began by using question and answer segment where he asked Steve Shultz what were the top two or three words that is a confirmation of what God/ Heaven is saying to the Earth/ His People right now: Through this first…

The “Sermon on the Mount” is recorded in Matthew 5-7. It is a collection of a number of Jesus’ teachings. In class, we talked about how Jesus was giving the disciples a new law. The Sermon on the Mount is the first times we hear of Jesus’ giving a sermon, according to the gospel of Matthew. The Sermon is so rich in things we need to do, think, and say, but I’m going to focus on the attributes that Christians need to display in order to have blessedness, how to pray and what to pray for, and a…

happiness. As we can see there is a difference in meaning although minimal. For us the word joy is expressed in the action we compare it to, therefore, if the action is passed our joy is passed. However, for Isaiah joy or rejoice was the state that God promised that His would experience. Can you image a state of joy or rejoicing in the middle of your troubles? In this passage, we also have to clarify the word peace. To our modern ears, we always hear the word peace in contrast to war. If you…

“Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.” “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant.…

Jesus loved them all. Throughout His ministry, he used these people as examples to show everybody that they are of worth. I will be discussing each of these three groups throughout my paper. Samaritans descended from both the idolatrous Northern Kingdom of Israel, and also the Assyrians who lived in that area. Although they…

Why should we be good? Is asking why take a shot at all. Why should we (in the broadest sense) be good (follow our own perceived path to excellence, God 's kingdom, prestige etc.) Because the efforts we make toward our own individual good lead to societal excellence. The majority of our course texts are ultimately concerned with society (the reign of God, Utopian Republic); the subsequent question to ours would be why is an excellent society desirable? On the path to finding the answer to our…

Of the total membership, 46 do not have a RLDS heritage. I highlight this, as I think it is important to consider as I seek to transform congregational ministries towards the ideals of the upside-down kingdom. Other variables to consider when exploring the opportunities for the Abundant Life Center is the Abundant Life Center employs two people; the pastor and a family youth ministry coordinator. The congregation also supports two worship services each…