Listening to Your Life

Listening to Your Life

Author: Frederick Buechner

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0061842818

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Daily meditations taken from the works of an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and preacher who has articulated what he sees with a freshness and clarity and energy that hails our stultified imaginations.


The Kingdom of God and the Church

The Kingdom of God and the Church

Author: Geerhardus Vos

Publisher: Great Christian Books

Published: 2015-01-13

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781610100199

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Geerhardus Vos devotes this work to a discussion of Jesus' greatest focus in ministry -- the "kingdom of God" (and the "kingdom of heaven," which Vos takes to be referencing the same thing.) Vos begins by connecting Christ's teaching on the kingdom to the Old Testament and its concepts of a Messianic king. Then he moves into the conception of the kingdom during the New Testament with a cursory analysis of the pertinent Greek phrases (but largely accessible to a layman). From there, he moves into the kingdom as it is now, and as it will be in the new heavens and the new earth. Finally, the remaining chapters detail specific aspects and characteristics of the kingdom as it currently exists including the church as it is also compared to the kingdom, and as the means by which one gains entrance into the kingdom. Vos' enlightening treatment of this important theme in the Scriptures ought to be read, particularly by pastors, to assist in preaching and teaching on passages dealing with this vital subject.


Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms

Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms

Author: David VanDrunen

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 0802864430

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Conventional scholarship holds that the theology and social ethics of the Reformed tradition stand at odds with concepts of natural law and the two kingdoms. But David VanDrunen here challenges that status quo through his careful, thoroughgoing exploration of the development of Reformed social thought from the Reformation to the present. - from publisher description.


The Eternal Kingdom

The Eternal Kingdom

Author: F. W. Mattox

Publisher:

Published: 2024-07-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781947622227

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In accordance with prophecy, Jesus set up His eternal kingdom. But before long, Satan influenced men to start making changes in the structure of Christ's kingdom, the church. These changes took the form of doctrines, practices, and structures that were foreign to the Bible. The result was a new church-the Catholic Church-in competition with Jesus' kingdom. This book shows the path of the Catholic apostasy, but also shows the groups which still followed the truth-though they were labeled as heretics by the Catholics-the people within Catholicism who tried to bring them more in line with the Bible, and finally, many of the individuals who decided to start fresh by restoring New Testament Christianity.


Kingdom Conspiracy

Kingdom Conspiracy

Author: Scot McKnight

Publisher: Brazos Press

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1441221476

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An Award-Winning Challenge to Popular Ideas of the Kingdom According to Scot McKnight, "kingdom" is the biblical term most misused by Christians today. It has taken on meanings that are completely at odds with what the Bible says and has become a buzzword for both social justice and redemption. In Kingdom Conspiracy, McKnight offers a sizzling biblical corrective and a fiercely radical vision for the role of the local church in the kingdom of God. Now in paper. Praise for Kingdom Conspiracy 2015 Outreach Resources of the Year Award Winner One of Leadership Journal's Best Books for Church Leaders in 2014 "This is a must-read for church leaders today."--Publishers Weekly "A timely resource for the missional church to reexamine some basic assumptions that impact church practice in the everyday."--Outreach


Models of the Kingdom

Models of the Kingdom

Author: Howard A. Snyder

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2001-07-23

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1725203855

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Christians often misunderstand one another when they refer to the kingdom of God. They may ask: Is it here on earth? In our hearts? In our churches?" Over the years, best-selling author Howard Snyder has been helping pastors and church leaders understand kingdom terminology. Now he explains in eight models how the kingdom or reign of God has been and may be conceived. Snyder explains with biblical texts and illustrations from church history. If you are a pastor or church leader, you will find guidance for building new kingdom communities in your congregation as well as ways to relate kingdom theology to global crises with the environment and our economy.


The Myth of a Christian Nation

The Myth of a Christian Nation

Author: Gregory A. Boyd

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0310267315

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Arguing from Scripture and history, the author makes a compelling case that getting too close to any political or national ideology is disastrous for the church and harmful to society.