Category Archives: Heaven on earth

Jesus’ Subversive Kingdom – Part Thirteen

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

God is, first and foremost, about relationship. There has never been a time when God was alone, nor has He ever done anything alone. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was … Continue reading →

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Does Jesus poison everything?

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

The late great atheist, Christopher Hitchens, said that religion poisons everything (God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything) “…organized religion is “violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Subversive Kingdom – Part Twelve

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

In this world construct that we live in, you don’t believe something until you see it; with Christ’s kingdom, you won’t see anything until you believe it. Its subversive nature confounds the wise and resists the proud. By faith, not … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Subversive Kingdom – Part Eleven

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

“Let’s turn the Middle East into a sea of glass!” “Let’s nuke ’em back to the stone age!” I can remember saying these types of  patriotic sentiments, and hearing my friends echo them, during the Iranian hostage crisis in late 1979. Later, during … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Subversive Kingdom – Part Nine

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

“I swear on my saintly mother’s grave that I didn’t….” “Hope to die, I do….”  Have you ever heard people say these kinds of things? Of course, we all have. They are informal vows that people make in order to add credibility to … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Subversive Kingdom – Part Eight

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

If our discipleship methods don’t reach the whole person—spirit, soul, and body—it’s not discipleship according to Jesus. If we only train our brain without dealing with what’s going in our soul, we won’t experience the freedom Jesus came to give us. What’s so subversive about this is that

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Jesus’ Subversive Kingdom – Part Seven

Posted on May 26, 2017 by

I’ve said before that the whole of Scripture is about one thing—love. But God defines this agape love as other-centered and self-giving. It literally means “good will,” which is where we get the word “benevolence” (from the Latin bene volentem: to use our volition, or … Continue reading →

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