(See Mark 3:14-15, Matthew 4:12-17 and 13:1-52, Luke 4:14-29 and John 1:35-51.) The Third Luminous Mystery is quite expansive: “the call to conversion and the proclamation of the Kingdom.” All of ...

In Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas and I warned that seminary biblical courses sometimes disempower budding preachers: See? You’ll never have the linguistic, analytical, or historical skills to ...

I was moved to tears. I said to God, “Lord, I’m sorry. I am so very sorry ... ” I was hurt. I felt as if I wanted to console God — as if He needed any consolation — but I just knew that I had to do ...

"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." We pray that the kingdom of God may be expanded from heaven to earth, that his will be done here just as it is done there. The kingdom ...

There's a popular surfing video that captures well what it feels like to step into the awesome work of the kingdom of God. To view the video, click here. It is just over a minute and a half long. The ...

Did Jesus preach, as best we know? And if he did preach what kinds of things did he preach about? When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his ...

On the Monday after preaching, as I think about what all of those words are doing now that they’re out in the world, my mind wanders to a scene from Marilynne Robinson’s novel Lila. The title ...

Accra, Jan. 04, GNA – Reverend Emmanuel Osei Bediako Dinkunim, the Lead Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) Seekers Temple, has emphasised the timely and urgent importance of ...