Category: Church and Culture
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Kingdom People in a Political World – Of Party and King (Part 2)
Any time I write about political parties I do so with incredible nervousness and hopefully humility. We tend to hold our alliances with a lot of passion, and that can be a good thing. My intent in this series of blog posts is not to criticize either of the major parties in our two party…
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Kingdom People in a Political World – Of Party and King (Part 1)
I have in my office a book that is one of my treasures. It is a collection of Psalms for the church published in the 1860’s. The leather-bound book was a gift from a student I had the privilege of teaching in one of the college New Testament History courses. In the course I spend…
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Kingdom People in a Political World – The Sovereign King
Isaiah 40:21–24 [21] Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? [22] It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a…
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Kingdom People in a Political World – The Kingdom’s Reach
So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you…
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Kingdom People in a Political World – Introduction
This is an interesting era. In the next couple months all of us will be bombarded with a relentless stream of political advertising, media, and social media posts seeking to influence a decision we will make on the first Tuesday in November. This comes around every four years, and is familiar as an American citizen. …