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January 2008

January 23, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 13

The final reference in kingdom in our earliest source, the Gospel of Mark, is found...

January 22, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 12

While "kingdom" is found twice in Mark 13:8 -- "kingdom will rise against kingdom" --...

January 21, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 11

Mark 12:34, in context, reads: "28 One of the teachers of the law came and...

January 18, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 10

Our 15th reference to kingdom is found in Mark 11:10 but we need the immediate...

January 17, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 9

Mark 10:23-25, three more references to kingdom, say about the rich young ruler's response to...

January 16, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 8

Our next text is actually two texts: Mark 10:14-15. Here it is: "13 People were...

January 15, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 7

Mark 9:47, our 9th reference to kingdom, reads as follows in context: "42 “And if...

January 14, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 6

Mark 9:1 is one of those texts that has baffled interpreters for centuries: And he...

January 11, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 5

Mark 4:30, much like our parable from yesterday, deserves to be quoted as well in...

January 10, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 4

Our kingdom series now moves to Mark 4:26, the fifth reference to kingdom: Mark 4:26...

January 09, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 3

We turn today to two texts, Mark 3:24 and 4:11. Here are the texts: 3:23...

January 08, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 2

There are 85/eighty-five distinguishable references to "kingdom" in the Synoptic Gospels. There are more references,...

January 07, 2008

Keys of the Kingdom 1

We begin today a series on the relationship of the kingdom of God to the...

November 2007

November 30, 2007

Friday is for Friends

Any time someone brings up the petitions in the Lord's prayer that concern God's kingdom...

November 23, 2007

Friday is for Friends

The question Telford Work poses in chp 3 of his book Ain't Too Proud to...

October 2007

October 15, 2007

What does “kingdom” mean?

Our posts of late have raised a significant question: What does "kingdom of God" mean?...

July 2007

July 25, 2007

The Fragile Brilliance of Glass

In the 3d chp of Gilbert Meilaender's exquisite volume, The Way That Leads There, we...

June 2007

June 13, 2007

Letters to Emerging Christians

Dear Krista, Your question is a good one, and it is one that has haunted...

February 2007

February 26, 2007

New Monasticism

There is a movement underway, in some places quite significant and in others not yet...

February 20, 2007

Church at East 91st Street

Kris and I drove down to Indianapolis (home of the Colts) from Chicago (da Bears)...

January 2007

January 15, 2007

Trumanism

I grew up a Trumanist Christian, as in the Truman Show with Jim Carrey. That...

December 2006

December 08, 2006

The Dark Side of Liberalism

Perhaps America's most prized possession is freedom. We call it "liberalism." Stanley Hauerwas contends that...

November 2006

November 15, 2006

Driscoll and a biblical counsel

Sadly, the Christian blog world is abuzz with Mark Driscoll's posts and the offense it...

November 13, 2006

WWJVF? 3

Here's how Obery Hendricks defines kingdom, or the sovereignty of God, in his book The...

November 10, 2006

WWJVF? 2

In Obery Hendricks' The Political Jesus, chps. 1-2, we are treated to a survey of...

November 09, 2006

WWJVF?

That's our new bracelet idea: "Who Would Jesus Vote For?" On the question of the...

October 2006

October 31, 2006

Speaking our Eschatology

My grandmother, at the time over 90, worried to my father that she was pregnant....

October 27, 2006

Friday is for Friends

Friends, it is sometimes said, don't talk to one another about politics. I beg to...

September 2006

September 11, 2006

Growing Pains: The Purpose-Driven Church Model

Now comes a newspaper article.... that discusses church splits over the adaptation of the Purpose-Driven...

September 01, 2006

Biblical Model for Seeker Churches

The question is asked: Is there a biblical model for seeker "services"? Indeed, one could...