ReKnew
Love That Keeps On Giving
Category: General
Tags: Love, Self-Sacrificial Love, Unsurpassable Worth
In English, we have one word for love. In ancient Greek, there were four different words that we can translate as “love.” And each has a different meaning. Let’s consider each briefly. Storge—referred to a…
Overcoming the Flesh
Category: General
Tags: Experiencing God, Fruit of the Spirit, Imaginative Prayer, The Holy Spirit, Transformation
In Monday’s post, we talked about the nature of the flesh. Here let’s introduce the work of the Spirit in overcoming the flesh. The Holy Spirit’s goal in pointing us to Christ is to replace…
The Cosmic Dance: Why Will This Book Benefit Me?
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Open Theism, Science, The Cosmic Dance
Greg took a few moments to describe how he hopes you’ll benefit from The Cosmic Dance. Discover how various branches of science demonstrate that life itself is a delicate dance between order and chaos. You’ll…
The Flesh: 4 Things to Know
Category: General
Tags: Adam and Eve, Life, Shame, Sin
The New Testament contrasts “life in the Spirit” with “life in the flesh” (see Gal 5:16-20). In some translations, the word for “flesh” (sarx, in the Greek) is translated as “sinful nature” as if one’s…
The All-or-Nothing of Kingdom Living
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom Living, Love
Verse: 1 Corinthians 13
Nothing is more central to the kingdom of God than agreeing with God about every person’s unsurpassable worth and reflecting this in how we act toward them. Nothing is more important that living in Christlike…
Roger Olson’s Review of The Cosmic Dance
Category: General
Tags: Open Theism, Roger Olson, The Cosmic Dance
Today we wanted to share a review of The Cosmic Dance by esteemed theologian Roger Olson. You can check out an excerpt below or you can read the whole review here. You can place an order for The…
The Kingdom Stance Toward Enemies
Category: General
Tags: Enemy Love, Kingdom of God, Love, Non-Violence, Power
Jesus was praying in the garden of Gethsemane, when a group of temple guards showed up to arrest him. Peter immediately drew his sword and started swinging it, cutting off a guard’s ear. From the…
A Brief History of Political Power and the Church
Category: General
Tags: Church, Constantine, Political Idolatry, Politics, Power
The history of the church has been largely one of believers refusing to trust the way of the crucified Jesus and instead giving in to the very temptation he resisted. It’s the history of an…
Conservatives and Liberals in the Same Kingdom
Category: General
Tags: Conflict, Division, Love, Political Idolatry, Politics, Unity
Jesus did not allow the world to set the terms for what he did. For instance, he called Matthew, a tax collector, as well as Simon, a zealot, to be his disciples. Tax collectors were…
Politics & the Kingdom of the World
Category: General
Tags: Kingdom of God, Kingdom of this World, Nationalism, Political Idolatry, Politics
Instead of aligning any version of the kingdom of this world with the kingdom of God—as is common in American Christianity—kingdom-of-God participants must retain a healthy suspicion toward every version of the kingdom of this…
Making America an Idol
Category: General
Tags: America, Kingdom of God, National Idolatry, Nationalism
I write as a kingdom person in the context of America, presently the dominant empire in the world. In that light, I’d like to address the fact that my calling is to resist nationalism even…
Remembering the Myth During Election Season
Category: General
Tags: America, Myth of a Christian Nation, Nationalism, Politics, Religious Idolatry
Given the current political furor in America right now, we thought we would post an extended quote from Greg’s book The Myth of a Christian Nation. This book was originally a reflection on Christian political engagement…
Friday Lights: Glimpse of the Kingdom
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Kingdom of God, Love, Peace
We interrupt the constant stream of violence and brokenness to bring you this glimpse of the Kingdom of God. Image via broken pencils are pointless
Black Lives Matter, the Police, and Spiritual Warfare
Category: Sermons and Video Clips
Tags: Black Lives Matter, Current Events, Spiritual Warfare, Violence
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Christ calls us to stand for a different kind of kingdom and this requires that we think in different ways about the violence that is gripping our country. In this short clip from Greg’s sermon…
Listen and Learn: A First Step Toward Reconciliation
Category: General
Tags: Humility, Listening, Love, Racial Reconciliation
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
Jesus Christ is not just the Lord, Savior and Messiah of the Jews: he is the Lord, Savior and Messiah of all people. Through Christ a kingdom is being established that tears down tribal walls…
Lies, Truth, and the Holy Spirit
Category: General
Tags: Jesus, Kingdom Living, Lies, The Holy Spirit, Truth
The root of the flesh is a lie about who God is and who we are. Satan brings us into bondage of the flesh by convincing us that God is not the loving God he…
What, Father, Do You Desire This Minute?
Category: General
Tags: God's Will, Obedience, Practicing the Presence of God, Prayer
Topics: Hearing God, Prayer
Frank Laubach, a 20th century missionary to Philippines, wrote about the challenge of being continually aware of the presence of God and learning to respond to God’s promptings. He wrote, “I feel simply carried along…
Can Science Inform Our Theology?
Category: General
Tags: Open Theism, Quantum Physics, Science
Topics: Open Theism
Over the last century, we have witnessed a revolution in various areas of science that relate to how we see the world and even God. For example, the Platonic notion that time and change are…
Jesus’ Different Kind of Nation
Category: General
Tags: Blessing, Israel, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Nationalism, New Humanity
Topics: Ethical, Cultural and Political Issues
God called Abraham to form a unique nation by which “all peoples of the earth will be blessed.” The unique call of the descendants of Abraham was to become a nation of servant-priests whom God…
Friday Lights: Don’t Make Paul Haunt You
Category: Lighten Up
Tags: Bible Interpretation, Friday Lights, Prosperity Gospel
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