April 2026
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Let me make it unmistakably and superabundantly clear that this post is not about a general desire for more of the Presence and Witnessing-Power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Praise God for the atmosphere in many Christian circles in which there is a general desire for more of the Presence and Witnessing-Power of…
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When the Spirit of God looked upon the church of Ephesus and saw that they had “abandoned the love [they] had at first” (Rev 2:4), precisely what declension in action, attitude, thought, and/or behavior did He actually see among them? Was it simply an intensity gauge — their love for the Lord and/or for each…
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I wish every Christian in the world would read Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire. I highly recommend it as hands down the best exposition of Biblical political theology I have yet to run across. One foremost strength is his approach: letting the unfolding of the Kingdom of God through redemptive…
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The Kingdom of God is an actual Kingdom and Jesus is its actual King. When we ignore the politics of Christ’s Kingdom we are missing the main point of Messiah’s political revolution. Much of the key terminology in the New Testament is deeply immersed in political imagery and evocations of that day, for example: The Bible’s reappropriation…
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Bu konuda, kullanılan terimlerin çağrışımlarını daha iyi kavrayan Türk arkadaşlardan geri bildirim almaktan memnuniyet duyarım. Ancak Kutsal Kitap çevirisinin genel olarak tartışmalı doğası göz önüne alındığında, iki ana dili Türkçe olan kişinin bile farklı sonuçlara varması mümkündür. Bu nedenle, burada mevcut kanaatlerimi sunuyorum. “ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ / τῶν οὐρανῶν” ifadesinin Yeni Çeviri’de “Göklerin/Tanrı’nın egemenliği”…
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