KINGDOM101: How has the journey been so far?
First, it was the Introductory Session on 4 Feb where 101 attended; and then, the start of the journey on 18 March. To date, we have completed five sessions of KINGDOM101 and are now having […]
Expository Preaching: What was I thinking?!
Have you ever had one of those moments when an idea pops into your head and it really excites you? You think to yourself, “Whoa, man! What an idea! This […]
The Value of the Kingdom
In Matt 13:44-46, Jesus uses another pair of parables to illustrate yet another aspect of the kingdom. One might suppose that it is for added emphasis that two parables are […]
Oh Lord, Let Your Kingdom Come!
Back in July, in preparing for a message about the advancement of the Kingdom of God, I wanted a photo to illustrate a point. ISIS had just made the news […]
The Impact of the Kingdom
After two parables about sowers, seeds and fields, Jesus continues with the same imagery for the third parable; and then extends the idea through the fourth. The Parables of the […]
Sons of the Kingdom
Immediately after the Parable of the Soils (Sower), Jesus shares another parable (Matt 13:24-30) involving a sower and seeds again. The two parables may have contained similar elements but the […]
A Heart for the Kingdom
I believe everyone is familiar with the Parable of the Sower (Matt 13:3-9;18-23). Personally, I prefer to refer to it as the Parable of the Soils as it deals primarily […]
The Mysteries of the Kingdom
Facebook Post, 19 April 2014: “It’s so easy to talk Christian and yet not live Kingdom.” More recently, I have been declaring rather boldly that we must learn to discern between […]