Category: Good News of the Kingdom
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My Prologue about the Parousia
Introduction In 2020, N. T. Wright gave a lecture On the Future of the World. Listening to it recently, I remembered a novel I had written about monastic community evangelism during the coming Millennium. I opened with believers, alive and dead, rising into the air to greet King Jesus as He returned to Jerusalem to Read more
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Jesus Brought New Eden Through His Kingdom
Introduction Jesus lived thirty years in Nazareth before beginning His three and a half years, doing God’s work for Him. He then spent a tenth of His life on Earth Throughout that time, Jesus lived by trust and obedience in the Father and brought the New Eden through His Kingdom. Benefits of Original Eden When Read more
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Gathering of Misfits #2: Coming Soon!
Introduction With the end of October, I have come to the end of the first month of the successful publication of my first Gathering of Misfits novels. That book depicts my vision for a Kingdom monastic community and its planting in a neighborhood rife with prostitution and gang dominance. With the coming of November, I Read more
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All Authority… Heaven and Earth
INTRODUCTION I have discovered that WordPress, which enables me to set up and publish this blog, likes posts that have cornerstone content – foundational concepts – for other blog posts. I will therefore publish this one, which lays out my philosophy of who reigns on Earth. It is based on the claim of King Jesus Read more
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Faith: Sons of God Violated Boundaries
INTRODUCTION The Fall of Humanity in Eden was not the only act of rebellion that led to all the evil in today’s world. As Tim Mackie of the Bible Project and Michael Heiser of the Naked Bible podcast teach, there occurred the rebellion of Humanity in building the tower at Babel. They wanted to forestall Read more
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Faith: Results of Its Lack
INTRODUCTION The humans in Eden showed their lack of faith, which led to lack of resources and to slavery, not rulership. The humans failed to trust and obey the Creator, who had said, You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge Read more
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Introducing A Gathering of Misfits novel
Introduction I have written before about working on my Gathering of Misfits novels. I wish to announce the publication of the first novel. A Gathering of Misfits is a four-book, concurrent series about a Kingdom community of people who would not typically be welcome in most churches, even though they are believers. Among their members Read more
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God’s Ultimate Goal Is to Dwell in All the Earth
Introduction Many Christians will tell you that what God wants most is for people to love and obey Him so they can come and live with Him in Heaven. The problem is that God created people with bodies, which are not designed for the spiritual realms. Even humans’ ultimate end is to have spiritual bodies… Read more
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No. 2 Value of the Gathering of Misfits
Introduction It amazes me, at times, how what I hear from my favorite YouTube Bible preachers speaks to what I’m writing in my novels. This morning, I listened to Tim Mackie of the Bible Project speak to the No. 2 Value of the Gathering of Misfits. This Summer of 2024, I am working almost exclusively Read more