June 2010
17 posts
The Kingdom of God looks like...
Loving people towards wholeness because God is doing that very same thing with you.
The 5th chapter of Matthew closes with a curious admonition from Jesus.
After quoting and then re-working various commandments from the Old Testament Law, Jesus quotes an aberration (likely a quote from a Rabbinical commentary) of the Law from Leviticus: “You have heard it said you shall love your...
“The Kingdom is now here, now there…in every event of reconciliation,...”
– Kennon Callahan
Back On My Feet is Coming to Dallas-Ft Worth! →
Having read about this story in Runners World 2 years ago and fundracing for them at the Cowtown the past 2 years (including the 50k!), I’m stoked that Back On My Feet has decided to expand to the Dallas area in 2011. Here’s to hoping there’s a team based out of downtown D!
The Kingdom of God looks like...
Creative, non-violent assertion of our God-given image.
Theologians and thinkers have called it the Third Way.
Not violence.
Not passivity and submission to domination.
But active, creative, non-violent assertion of your God given humanity and dignity in the face of oppression.
In Jesus’s great Sermon (see Matthew 5-7), he addresses the issues of retaliation. Moses had given the Jews...
“Like the disciplines of fidelity & charity, simplicity & generosity,...”
– Andy Crouch, Culture Making
“Remember that the basic act of salvation from God’s point of view is the...”
– Dallas Willard
The Kingdom of God looks like...
Fidelity.
In a world of ever-increasing fragmentation, participation in the Kingdom of God is about growing in fidelity and consistency.
Just as the Torah is the defining thesis in the reclamation project that was Israel, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount was his manifesto on what this New Humanity looks like.
In the 5th chapter of Matthew’s take on the sermon, Jesus shortly addresses...
