Praying for the Kingdom to Come

Whenever I announce the topic of prayer as the focus of a message or a series in our church, I find a response of keen interest from our people. We all have the sense of the disciples when they begged the Lord, “Teach us to pray.” Last summer, we published an edition of FrontLine devoted…

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The Kingdom in Matthew

Tim Miller Matthew is the only New Testament author to use the phrase “kingdom of heaven.” While the other Gospels frequently reference the kingdom of God, “kingdom of heaven” is unique to Matthew. His extensive use of this phrase (thirty-two times) invites the question, “What does Matthew mean by ‘kingdom of heaven’?”

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Prophets, Priests, & Kings: The History of Israel’s Monarchy (Part 1)

Transition to Monarchy, 1 Sam 1-8 Layton Talbert All Scripture,” Paul asserted (at a time when most of it was Old Testament), “is profitable” to instruct and equip the New Testament believer (2 Timothy 3:16–17). “For whatsoever things were written aforetime,” he elsewhere explained, “were written for our learning” (Rom. 15:4). “They are,” in fact,…

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The Kingdom of God

Preston Mayes If someone asked you to summarize the message of the Bible in one sentence, how would you answer? You could say it is about the glory of God. That is true, but the statement does not adequately express the message of Scripture. Nobody summarizing the plot of a work such as A Christmas…

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The Kingdom of Heaven

Thomas Overmiller The phrase “kingdom of heaven” occurs exclusively in Matthew’s gospel. He uses the phrase 33 times, while no other gospel writer employs it at all. How is this significant? Some teach that the kingdom of heaven is distinct from the phrase “kingdom of God.” Matthew actually uses this counterpart phrase five times, whereas…

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The Church and The Kingdom

Wilson Wahl There is much use of the word “kingdom” in today’s fundamental circles as a substitute for the word “church.” I see a danger is this because the New Testament refers to the church as his bride (Rev. 21:9) and the body of Christ (1Cor. 12:27), but never as the kingdom of Christ. It…

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