Kingdomview and the worldview cultures are as different as light and darkness. (1 Peter 2:9) Their foundations are as different as a house built on rock and a house built on sand. (Mt 7:24-27) Culture is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, … [Read more…]
How God created us is a heavenly thing we can only comprehend when we are born of the Spirit. In unsaved state, we were natural man, body and soul—flesh. We couldn’t understand heavenly things (Jn 3:12). Since we were flesh, God met us as we were. God sent His Son in the flesh. “And the … [Read more…]
The traditional and modern sources of identity – found by looking outward to society, cultural roles, and affirmation or inward, following one’s desires and finding affirmation there, are unsatisfactory … inherently insecure. The traditional model can be suffocating, while the modern model is crushing. In contrast Tim Keller (Making Sense of God: An Invitation to … [Read more…]
David wrote:“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Ps 51:10 KJV). Although he wasn’t a prophet, his Psalm gives us a prophetic picture of the spiritual blessings God blessed us with in Christ Jesus. One is; God created us in Christ Jesus and gave us a clean … [Read more…]
“Let yourselves be built as a spiritual temple” (1 Pe 2:5). Peter leads up to this beginning his letter by blessing God for His work of salvation that culminates with receiving the inheritance stored up for us in heaven (1 Pe 1:4; Mt 25:34). Peter continues with a call to be holy (1 Pe 1:13-21). … [Read more…]