Teaching by Tag: Kingdom Living
Colossians, Part 10: Raising the Spiritual Bar
The letter to the Colossians ends with greetings and encouragement to others who are doing the work of ministry with Paul. Without these spiritual “soldiers” proclaiming the gospel and suffering for the kingdom of God, we would not be here as Christians today.
Watch / ListenColossians, Part 6: Identity in Christ
A primary tactic of the enemy, our flesh, and the fallen world is to use shreds of truth to lead us to false solutions. Only Jesus Christ has the true right, power, and authority to bestow, form, and shape our identity.
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Thinking Matters
What we think is very powerful, but there is a problem with our thinking because our minds are not, by nature, God-worshiping minds. They are self-worshiping minds. “The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace” (Romans 8:6).
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The Adventure of Joining God in His Work
God has always worked through His redeemed people. If you are a believer in Jesus, you are on God’s redemption and restoration team.
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Our Identity in Christ
When our identity fades, our hope fades. But if our identity is in Christ, our hope will go on forever. What do you find is getting in the way of an all-consuming passion for Christ?
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The Responsibility of the Church in a Foreign Land
Will you stand with your biblical Christian convictions against a world that is looking for evidence to confirm their suspicion that we are hypocritical, judgmental, and self-righteous?
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When Politics Replaces the Gospel
When we trade politics for the gospel, we forget which kingdom we are in, and we start putting our hope in the kingdom of darkness instead of the kingdom of God’s dear Son. We don’t need a problem-solver; we need a Redeemer.
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Livin’ the Dream
“Living the dream” will always be a dream because we live in a world where sin abounds. Jesus showed that dying to ourselves is the way to life.
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Love Your Enemies
The closest you will ever come to being like Jesus in this life is when you respond to those who are hostile toward you the way He did with those who were so hostile toward Him.
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Guard Your Heart
Your heart is like a computer operating system, in that it directs your thoughts, decisions, and actions. The Bible tells you to “above all else, guard your heart,” but first you need to make sure that the Spirit of Jesus is your “OS.”
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Ministering Out of Depletion
Sometimes we are tempted to feel that our contribution to God’s kingdom is insignificant, especially when we are feeling depleted. Yet in the storyline of all of history, it could be that, when any of us goes forth to minister in the simplest way to another person, it may change the course of the world.
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The Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 5
To not follow Jesus is to miss out on being part of the eternal, magnificent, unexplainable kingdom of God, where everything is different than we would expect. Everyone has a platform in His kingdom, so we must get away from the mentality that there are only certain types of important people.
Watch / ListenThe Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 4
A cost of not following Jesus is that you will attempt to find truth, peace, and righteousness through your own self. The Sermon on the Mount reveals that none of those are possible outside of life in the kingdom of God.
Watch / ListenThe Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 3
The kingdom of God is His universal sovereign rule over all time and all situations in all of history. A cost of not following Jesus is being outside of His kingdom and missing out on its eternal benefits.
Watch / ListenThe Cost of Not Following Jesus, Part 2
A cost of not following Jesus is being lost in and consumed by the darkness of this world. But the Light of the world has come so that those who believe in Him could pass from darkness to light, from death into life.
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