Tag: Kingdom Progress

On American Decline

There is much talk today about whether America is on the decline.

There are good arguments for and good arguments against, but as a Christian attempting to approach life from a Kingdom worldview, I don’t get too worked up about it.

I recognize I’m responsible to King Jesus for what happens in my sphere of influence, and my sphere of influence is in America.

But I also recognize that if the USA goes belly-up tomorrow, it would not be the end of the world or the kingdom of God. Not even close.

King Jesus is strategic. He planted the seed of the kingdom of God in the Roman Empire, then the most powerful empire that had ever existed. The Gospel transformed the Roman Empire, which the Lord then used as a mechanism by which to spread the gospel throughout the known world. The Roman Empire eventually died, but the kingdom of God continued to grow. Continue reading “On American Decline”

State Of The Kingdom Address

I watched President Obama’s State of the Union address last night. I was exchanging texts with a friend who was also watching, and he suggested I do a State of the Kingdom address. It seemed a good idea.

The state of the Kingdom is very good.

1.  The Kingdom continues to grow. The kingdom of God started with one  (Jesus), expanded to twelve disciples, then to 120 at Pentecost.  By AD 300, over 20 percent of the total population of the Roman Empire was Christian. Today, over one-third of the world’s population claims to be Christian.  In 2000 years we have gone from 1 out of more than 200 million people to 1 out of 3 people, who claim to be Christian  Just as Isaiah predicted, the kingdom of God is being established as the chief of mountains. (Isaiah 2:2-3). Continue reading “State Of The Kingdom Address”

Martin Luther King Day

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It was August 28, 1963.  Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped up behind the podium and began to address the 100,000 who had gathered in  front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

He started out reading his prepared speech when something came over him, something he had thought of before but hadn’t prepared to say this day.

Dr. King dispensed with his prepared text and began, “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”  The speech would become one of most important of the twentieth century. Continue reading “Martin Luther King Day”

Why Your Eschatology Matters

You’ve heard the joke:  “Q: Are you premillennial, postmillennial or amillennial? A: I’m panmillennial; I think it will all pan out in the end.”

Besides its use as Sunday morning sermon humor, the joke is used to suggest it really doesn’t matter what you believe about the end times. Nothing could be further from the truth.

If the weatherman says its going to rain tomorrow would you plan a picnic? If you knew it didn’t matter how hard you worked at your job, that you would never be promoted or receive a raise and would ultimately be terminated, how hard would you work? Continue reading “Why Your Eschatology Matters”

Early Dating For Revelation?

After visiting Ephesus and the tomb of the Apostle John, I blogged on the one question I would ask John if he were still alive.

The one question: “When did you write the Book of Revelation?”

It is an important question because it is determinative of one’s eschatology. In a previous blog post, I explain why.

While reading in Revelation on December 31, 2010 (completing my read through the Bible in 2010), I came across this:

Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.”

Continue reading “Early Dating For Revelation?”