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May 2019

May 15, 2019

Who Are the Kingdom People? Wheaton Prof Speaks

To talk kingdom is to talk king, the king's rule, the king's people, the king's...

March 2019

March 05, 2019

Jesus’ Kingdom

The one expression in the New Testament Christians should be able to define, but which...

December 2017

December 06, 2017

Models Of The Kingdom: Eight Views

When I wrote Kingdom Conspiracy, which I'm glad Baker turned into paperback, I found a couple...

March 2017

March 01, 2017

Kingdom: IH Marshall and S McKnight

A kind reader has recently read my Kingdom Conspiracy, observed that he had seen a view...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

A World with a Better Name

Those who are images of God are summoned to build a world with a better...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

René Padilla, Kingdom and Church

Because René Padilla has been so concerned with the marriage of gospel and social justice

September 2015

September 01, 2015

Resisting the Kingdom Trend

The biggest challenge to traditional kingdom theory is coming from NT scholars and tide is changing....

July 2015

July 15, 2015

Kingdom of God and the Unchurched (by Rubel Shelly)

This post is by Rubel Shelly, a friend and a leader in the Churches of...

July 14, 2015

Teaching a Kingdom Narrative in a Church

The majority of us are taught the faith through a set of theological ideas, whether...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Kingdom, Church, Love, by Greg Boyd

This is the concluding post in Greg Boyd's series on the kingdom of God, and...

June 18, 2015

Ten Marks of a Kingdom-Shaped Church

The following post is my set of notes for a lecture I give that plays...

April 2015

April 25, 2015

The Kingdom and Lipscomb

April 22 and 23 I was down at Lipscomb University at the sponsorship of Missio...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Kingdom and Lipscomb University

From the recent flyer distributed through Lipscomb University and Missio Alliance: The Hazelip School of...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

A Robust Kingdom

The most annoying response I have received from others about my Kingdom Conspiracy book is this...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Kingdom of God, Politics, and Romans 13

In a recent blog post, Greg Boyd, who endorsed my Kingdom Conspiracy, weighs in on why...

January 22, 2015

NT Wright’s Holy Impatience

When it comes to the meaning of biblical terms -- like gospel, kingdom, heaven --...

January 08, 2015

Revolution in Eschatology Today?

There is a widespread meme at work in how Christian theologians are now talking about...

January 02, 2015

Pope Francis, Jesus and the Church

Source, Vatican Insider: Francis calls for ‘peace in hearts, peace in families, peace among the...

December 2014

December 21, 2014

On the term “Kingdom”

When Jesus announced that the kingdom had drawn near (Matthew 4:17), that word "kingdom" only...

December 04, 2014

The Character of the King

A kingdom is a people ruled by a king just as an empire is a people ruled...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

The Biggest Mistake in Kingdom Talk

The most common mistake I hear when people are talking about kingdom is comparison talk....

November 19, 2014

Kingdom: A Proposal

My proposal for understanding kingdom is that we need to let the Bible's use of...

November 15, 2014

Interview on Kingdom Conspiracy

David George Moore, who regularly does interviews and reviews for the Jesus Creed, decided to...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

What Does Kingdom Mean?

The burden of my new book, Kingdom Conspiracy, is answering this question: What does “kingdom” mean? I...

October 16, 2014

Where is the kingdom?

D. Bonhoeffer, Christmas Night sermon, 25 December 1940 (DBW 16.616). It is no longer a...

October 14, 2014

The Vid for Kingdom Conspiracy

October 09, 2014

Kingdom Then, Kingdom Now

If one keeps an ear close enough to the ground one might just hear a...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Kingdom Conspiracy (by Josh Graves)

Chapters 1-2 Review for Scot McKnight, Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Dallas Willard’s Conspiracy Goes Public

How is the Christian to engage society, the so-called "public" sector, or politics? With the...

August 23, 2014

Kingdom Conspiracy in Chicagoland

From Missio Alliance: We’re excited to be partnering with Northern Seminary to host a morning of presentations...