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By: Thinking about the Kingdom » Jesus' Fame -

Thinking about the Kingdom » Jesus' Fame - — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:22:38 +0000

[...] wanted to pass on this brilliant article about the Kingdom from Kevin DeYoung…the Kingdom is not talked about enough in evangelical [...]

By: james mccormick

james mccormick — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:10:51 +0000

wow ,there is so much in this message. Awesome revalation still pending even as i’m typing. thank you

By: Cristiano Silva

Cristiano Silva — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:55:50 +0000

Great post, Kevin. God bless you.

By: Pete Scribner

Pete Scribner — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:24:10 +0000

Great post Kevin. I appreciate your delineating between and (at the same time) linking together "Church" and "Kingdom." Your post reminded me of the words of Dan Doriani who said, "The Church is a subset of the Kingdom. The Church is the vanguard of the Kingdom, it is the concentration of the Kingdom, it is the center for training in the Kingdom. But it is not the Kingdom."

Keep up the good work!

By: Michael Lambelet

Michael Lambelet — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:45:33 +0000

Hey Kevin, what are some good books about the Kingdom of God?

By: Nicholas P. Mitchell

Nicholas P. Mitchell — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:21:32 +0000

Great post Kevin. One thing that I have been delighting in is the theme of return-from-exile in the prophets and in Jesus' ministry. Take Hosea for example: Hosea 6 is about Israel being under the judgment of God. They are dead dry bones. They are experiencing God's curse instead of his blessing. But one day he will raise them up on the third day. When we turn to the NT we see that Jesus has adopted this language and is applying it to himself and his resurrection (his return after being under God's curse). Jesus is Israel in person and if you want to be part of the 'returned' ones then you must turn to him. All those who belong to Jesus are part of the restored and forgiven people of God; the Kingdom people who experience God's blessing instead of his curse.

By: Andrew Faris

Andrew Faris — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:10:23 +0000

Kevin,

Good stuff. My Vineyard background has impressed upon me the importance of thinking a lot about the Kingdom. On that note and quite in line with your point about the future age breaking into the present one, should we not add the 6th implication that we ought to expect and seek the King's continuing ministry of healing, demon-removal, etc? Why are we not inclined to pray and seek these things more seriously outside of charismatic circles?

Andrew Faris
Christians in Context

By: Kevin DeYoung

Kevin DeYoung — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:24:16 +0000

Ian, not our responsibility, but the work of God in bringing his kingdom. Thanks.

By: Ian McNaught

Ian McNaught — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:15:18 +0000

Great post, some important reminders to all flavours of christianity. I have one concern though with your phrase "it means conquering God’s enemies, ridding the world of impurity". Do you mean it's our responsibility to do that? I don't see that we have any biblical (new covenant) responsibility to conquer people or rid the world of impurity.