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Kingdom of God

Scholar’s Compass: Starting with the Kingdom in Mind

December 30, 2018 by Alexis Grant Leave a Comment

Today, we're happy to welcome Alexis Grant in her first post for Scholar's Compass, our devotional for academics. For more of Scholar's Compass, explore our archives here. To read more of Alexis Grant's work, visit her personal blog, Wonders of His Word.   … [Read more...] about Scholar’s Compass: Starting with the Kingdom in Mind

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Kingdom of God, new year, Scholar's Compass, self-centered

Imago Dei: Witness and Work (Part 5 of 5)

November 20, 2016 by Michael Huerter 3 Comments

Michael Huerter finishes  his series responding to  The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology, edited by Beth Felker Jones and Jeffrey W. Barbeau (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016). See Part 1 of Michael's explorations here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here. … [Read more...] about Imago Dei: Witness and Work (Part 5 of 5)

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Beth Felker Jones, creation, education, higher education, humanity, identity, image of God, imago dei series, intervarsity press, Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Kingdom of God, vocation, witness, work

Book Response: To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter

May 5, 2016 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Cover of To Change the World

As part of his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in  Ministry to Emerging Generations  (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), Tom's written a number of book responses and given several short presentations (personal and group). In this series he not only "shares the wealth," but also looks forward to your feedback as he refines his project: An argument for vocational discernment for graduate studies in the context of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (Stay tuned to learn more!). Earlier posts on the program: Ministry to Emerging … [Read more...] about Book Response: To Change the World, by James Davison Hunter

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice, Ministry to Emerging Generations Tagged With: Anabaptism, Book Review, culture, Evangelicalism, james davison hunter, Kingdom of God, ministry to emerging generations, ministry to emerging generations series, To Change the World

The Economy of the Kingdom (Matthew 20:1-16)

December 30, 2015 by David Williams Leave a Comment

This is the second of a four part series of posts in which  David Williams shares some historical and theological observations on the Bible passages studied at the Urbana Student Missions Conference 2015. The passages under consideration are  Matthew 8:1-17, Matthew 20:1-16, Matthew 25:31-26, Matthew 27:57-28:15. In follow-up he will post an application piece. We'd also love to hear how would apply in your particular campus context. If you're at Urbana15, please swing by and hangout at  the Emerging Scholars … [Read more...] about The Economy of the Kingdom (Matthew 20:1-16)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Urbana2015 Tagged With: bible study, economy, Kingdom of God, new creation, urbana, urbana15, Urbana15 Bible study

Book Review: The Good of Politics

August 7, 2015 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

In our current toxic political climate one might ask the question, “can anything good come of politics?” James W. Skillen would answer that affirmatively. In  The Good of Politics  (Baker, 2014), Skillen's main contention is that to be created in the image of God means, among other things, that we are political creatures and that political life, along with things like work and family, is part of God's creation intention for us. It is not a consequence of the fall. Like other aspects of the human condition, political … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Good of Politics

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, church and state, James W Skillen, Kingdom of God, politics, religion, The Good of Politics

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