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5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapters 4 and 5 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qariDbhpPOA Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: Chapter 4 of WHAT ON EARTH? / An Upside-Down Kingdom The kingdom is “so contrary to human nature and our faulty logic that it appears upside down to us.” Give an example of this.Elaborate on one of Craig Greenfield’s comparisons between empire and the …
The Best Possible Preview
When Jesus said his Kingdom is not of this world, he didn’t mean it had no place in this world. In eternity Jesus made heaven, inhabited its perfections, and ruled supreme there. In history he came to earth to show us what perfection looks like and taught us how to emulate him while living here …
Heaven Shares its King
Jesus uses “Kingdom of Heaven” over and over to describe a way of life that is transplanted from heaven to earth. It’s not just a Kingdom in heaven, but the Kingdom of heaven wherein he injects the life of heaven in willing earthly subjects. He gradually grows that life inside them, and then, through them …
THE KINGDOM OF GOD: FORETASTE TO FULFILLMENT
(A Brief Summary of the Bible's Teaching Concerning the Kingdom of God) The game was about to begin and our Coach huddled with the team for final instructions and pep talk. He stressed to us the fundamentals of holding onto the football and not turning it over to the other team. But sure enough, in …
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