This week I finished reading If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus, by Philip Gulley. The cover of the book is unremarkable, so I will share the table of contents below, as it was the content of this book that really blew my mind.
Heaven is here on earth, within each of us, if we can be present and experience the presence of the divine in all things. Thanks Katie - sounds like a book I will read.
I like that kind of Kingdom theology as well. This is where every cup of water given in Jesus' name, builds the Kingdom more than a tome of theologies, unless those theologies help people engage the mission Christ left us with (as all good theology does). However, I expect from the Bible that this will be and both/and kind of thing. We live as instructed, ushering in the kingdom, making the world ready for the day when Christ returns and makes all things new and the dead are raised. We live with both feet in the present and both eyes on the future.
Heaven is here on earth, within each of us, if we can be present and experience the presence of the divine in all things. Thanks Katie - sounds like a book I will read.
I like that kind of Kingdom theology as well. This is where every cup of water given in Jesus' name, builds the Kingdom more than a tome of theologies, unless those theologies help people engage the mission Christ left us with (as all good theology does). However, I expect from the Bible that this will be and both/and kind of thing. We live as instructed, ushering in the kingdom, making the world ready for the day when Christ returns and makes all things new and the dead are raised. We live with both feet in the present and both eyes on the future.