Archive for June, 2008
The Kingdom of God Advancing in China
Friends,
Here’s an excerpt from an article in the Chicago Tribune, by Evan Osnos:
“We have nothing to hide,” said Jin, a former Communist Party member who broke away from the state church last year to found his Zion Church.
Jin embodies a historic change: After centuries of foreign efforts to implant Christianity in China, today’s Christian ascension [...]
Doing Justice: International Justice Mission
Friends,
I want to share a couple of thoughts with you in this post. First, a personal reflection on Mark 6:14-29and some comments I made the other day at the blog of a friend of mine. Second, I want to share a preliminary report on a mission that I did not even know existed until I [...]
All Things New
Sojourners,
Here is what happens in the Revelation:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed [...]
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth…
Sojourners,
I assume by this first part of the sentence, ‘Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth,’ that something is yet to be finished here, on earth, where we live. I also assume that by the second half, ‘…as it is in heaven,’ that what is not finished here has been finished there or, at minimum, [...]
