The Kingdom of God

The fact that Jesus chose to explain the Kingdom of God in parables and stories demonstrates its inherent mystery. The Kingdom of God is hard to describe, hard to pin down, hard to quantify. The content of these stories—a mustard seed that starts out tiny and grows to...

The good news of the Kingdom of God

What comes to mind when we hear the phrase “the good news”? Generally we think the gospel, yes.  But what gospel? A set of beliefs including the virgin birth, incarnation, death, atonement, resurrection, repentance and salvation? Yes. What else? As I looked to the...