The Kingdom in the Bullring, Part 2

“For the king­dom of God does not con­sist in talk but in power” –1 Cor 4:20 The Morris Cerullo School of Ministry in Monterrey, Mexico, lasted five days with about five hun­dred peo­ple in atten­dance. In the daily ses­sions the speaker taught on the “imper­ish­able seed” of the king­dom (I Pet 1:22–23)—a deep sub­ject for most of us. […]

The Kingdom in the Bullring, Part 1

“Proclaiming the king­dom of God and teach­ing about the Lord Jesus Christ…” –Acts 28:31 Mary Nell and I worked in Mexico dur­ing the eight­ies pro­claim­ing the king­dom of God and preach­ing Christ among the Nahautl and Hausteco indige­nous tribes. Their homes were small one– and two-room huts with grass roofs and dirt floors. To make walls […]

The Message of the Kingdom

“As you go, preach this mes­sage: The king­dom of heaven is near.” –Mat 10:7 NIV The theme of our recent Asian con­fer­ence in the Philippines was the Kingdom of God. It was cho­sen because it is one of the main themes in Scripture. Found through­out the Bible and arguably the cen­tral theme in both Old and […]

Hunger for His Kingdom (Part 2)

I first started think­ing seri­ously about the king­dom of God when I was at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1988. The king­dom of God was the main theme of the School of World Mission where I was attend­ing. In almost every class the pro­fes­sors referred to the king­dom of God. Although I grad­u­ated from the school […]

Hunger for His Kingdom (Part 1)

During the past year I have noticed a hunger grow­ing in my heart—a new inter­est in under­stand­ing and teach­ing more about the Kingdom of God. Both John the Baptist and Jesus came preach­ing, “Repent for the king­dom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17). The king­dom of God (also called the king­dom of heaven) was cen­tral to […]