What happens if the church, if Christianity, gets re-shaped by Jesus’s vision of the kingdom? First, let’s get kingdom sorted out. (Based on lecture notes and my book, Kingdom Conspiracy.) The church can be fruitfully compared to the kingdom. So far as the church falls short of its kingdom vision, it fails to be the church. I believe we need to connect kingdom and church more than many do. Give it a chance.
Yes, Thank You! Scot! Great “brain yeast” to cause thought to expand! Even just this post will make a great study catalyst!
- What happens when different kingdoms are all playing around the mosh pit?
- How can we steer Jesus’ Kingdom (the people believing in, and identifying with Jesus’ Kingdom) to a better understanding of our place among the kingdoms on this planet?
What would another name for Jesus better kind of kingdom be?
As a pastor of a local church, this continues to be an area where there is no rest from a continual pointing to the antithetical ways of the “Constantine Temptation,” from the Kingdom of God. Thank you for this!! So helpful and true!!
This is the first book by Scot I read and many of the ideas I had, conformed to the world, were challenged. Love it
Yes, Thank You! Scot! Great “brain yeast” to cause thought to expand! Even just this post will make a great study catalyst!
- What happens when different kingdoms are all playing around the mosh pit?
- How can we steer Jesus’ Kingdom (the people believing in, and identifying with Jesus’ Kingdom) to a better understanding of our place among the kingdoms on this planet?
What would another name for Jesus better kind of kingdom be?
Thanks!
As a pastor of a local church, this continues to be an area where there is no rest from a continual pointing to the antithetical ways of the “Constantine Temptation,” from the Kingdom of God. Thank you for this!! So helpful and true!!
Well said, thank you Scott.
I agree that the American church difficulty is the Constantine Temptation.
Still my favorite Scot McKnight book… and in my opinion the most relevant for this moment.
So well stated, thank you!
I have never heard it laid out like this. I haven't read this book, but I will now. Thank you for this reminder.