Category Archives: Kingdom
Top Five Viewed Posts for 2014
These are the posts that got the most views in 2014. 
- Navigating Our Seasons
- Clearance Sale Jesus
- God is not Boastful
- Communion in a manger
- God Speaks to Our Potential
These are my personal favorites from 2014 (not in any particular order).
- The Cross of Jesus Changes Everything
- Jesus Gave the World the Right to Judge Christians
- Jesus Offers Overdraft Protection
- Grace upon Grace, Gift upon Gift
- Thank God I am not Like You
I am working on some things to make this blog more productive and active in 2015. I want to thank all of you that read my blog. I greatly appreciate it.
A New Apostolic Reformation (book review)
In A New Apostolic Reformation?: A Biblical Response to a Worldwide Movement authors R. Douglass Geivett and Holly Pevic bring a very much needed and honest critique of one of the fastest growing movements within the worldwide Church today. Their purpose is not to write with contempt of this movement. Their goals are two-fold:
- to demonstrate the scope of the NAR network; and
- to “systematize” NAR key teachings and practices in order to evaluate these on the basis of Scripture and sound reasoning.
How American Christianity differs from Kingdom Christianity, part 2
I wrote in an earlier blog about the differences between American Christianity and Kingdom Christianity. I want to continue with this thought process.
American Christianity has become prosperity and success driven whereas Kingdom Christianity is about giving.
In America bigger is always better. Americans believe that the key to the pursuit of happiness is built upon wealth and success. This idea has largely shaped the American church. You have not become a successful pastor if your church isn’t pushing big numbers. Too many pastors are making CEO salaries and living lavish lifestyles. I am not advocating poverty for pastors by no means. Nor am I saying that it’s wrong for Christians to have money. The Kingdom Christian will be a giving person, not of just money but of time, talent and ultimately their lives. Early Christians were not afraid to die for their faith. American Christians cry persecution too much when we don’t really know what persecution is really about.
How American Christianity Differs From Kingdom Christianity
As a person born in America I am very thankful that I live in this nation. I did nothing to facilitate that as my parents lived in this nation as did their parents. Somewhere back in time my ancestors came from other countries to settle in this nation. For all it’s faults and failures, I still think we have one of the greatest countries in the world. I am thankful for the rights and privileges that I have in this nation.
I am an American!
I am also a Christian!
But I am not an American-Christian!
It seems in this nation that a lot of people want to label themselves by their ancestral nationality. We have Irish-Americans, German-Americans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, etc. People want to identify themselves as American with a link to their lineage.
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