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Keys of the Kingdom 61

Monday March 31, 2008

Categories: Kingdom of God
There are 85 separable instances of "kingdom" in the Synoptic Gospels; we have three left and two of them are in our text today: 24 Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be...
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Dan
March 31, 2008 9:07 AM
http://danielktaylor.wordpress.com

would you be able to put these all together as one file like you did with one of yor other long bible series?

thanks

sheryl
March 31, 2008 10:08 AM
http://www.xanga.com/sherylshearer

“The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 26 But you are not to be like that."

I think this is one of the single most important sayings & teachings of Jesus. It really deals a blow to our appetite and inclination for power and ruling over others, especially within the Church.

Scot, how would you (if you even would) harmonize Jesus' teaching here with Paul's instructions in the Pastoral epistles for Ecclesiology?

AaronJ
March 31, 2008 10:29 AM

It's crazy to watch our churches in light of this. I run out of fingers when I try to count all of the Pastors I know who have left a church because the Sr./Lead Pastor rules with this kind of "Roman" approach. And it's so natural to do so.

What practical things are those of you who are in some place of leadership doing to practice these kingdom values?

Andrew Murray
March 31, 2008 10:26 PM

Dan #1,

Hey, long time lurker here. I'm not sure what Scot has in the works, but as I have been following this series I have been compiling it into a word document (with the URL at the beginning of each entry). If you would like, I would be happy to e-mail the document to you (and anyone else who interested) after the conclusion of the series. Just let me know: spinwizard@truevine.net.

sheryl
April 1, 2008 12:42 PM
http://www.xanga.com/sherylshearer

Andrew - I'd love a copy of it. I'll send you my email address. Thanks!

Scot McKnight
April 1, 2008 12:53 PM
http://www.JesusCreed.org

All, I linked to a pdf of the whole on my Sidebar. Scroll down to "Stuff online" and it's there.

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