Kingdom Come: Ask
“Judge not,” Jesus says.
For such a simple phrase, it raises all kinds of questions. Don’t we need to judge some behavior? Or should we simply “live and let live”? After all, who are we to judge?
Some w...
Kingdom Come: Fight
Turn the other cheek.
Walk the extra mile.
Give to those who ask.
Love your enemies.
Some of Jesus' most powerful teachings from the Sermon on the Mount have become so familiar to us that they are...
Kingdom Come: Obey 1
The rabbi on the mountain uttered shocking phrase after shocking phrase. First, he identified the most unlikely of people as blessed. Then he told the same ragtag crowd they had an incredible, cosmic calling....
Kingdom Come: Receive
In a dozen different ways, we all hear:
If you want to make it,
you’re going to have to show me what you’ve got,
think positive,
stick up for yourself,
and make it happen.
But then we hear Jesus s...
Kingdom Come: LIGHT
How would you like to hear Jesus teach?
What do you think He would say?
How do you think people would react?
We do not have to wonder.
This Sunday-and for a number of Sundays to come-we will open our Bi...
Kingdom Fighting: Stories of Hope
The bitter, broken heart is a foreclosure of the soul empty of hope.
There are times we look at life and its chaos, pain and problems and we are tempted to lose hope.
We do not hold on to hope as much as ...