Category: Kingdom Theology
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Nosocomial Infections
“Look at that!” I said. “Look at what?” My wife asked, as we sped along the rural road. “You missed it,” I said. “But someone ran into the fence around that body shop back there. He knocked down part of the fence and really crumpled up his hood.” “Oh,” Elaine said, not particularly interested. “I…
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Kingdom Womanhood: Making Home and Haven Part 1
What was lost at creation was a place and a space of abundance, perfect communion, and glory. Adam and Eve were one with each other and one in God’s presence. As disciples saved from the power of Satan, we are brought once again in God’s place and space: the New Creation. It is even MORE…
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Marriage as a Kingdom Welcome: Sermon from the Wedding of Aaron and Mandie Miller
The last weekend of January 2023, marked a special day for two special people to the Kingdom Outpost: Along with Aaron and Mandie, we celebrated their union as husband and wife. Dru had the privilege of sharing the wedding message, and we thought you might enjoy it. In some ways, a wedding is simply an…
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Discipleship as Theology? Introducing the Kingdom Outpost Study Series #1
The Kingdom of God is the central proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ, and it stands in contrast with the fallen ways of darkness, sin, and oppression in the world’s empires. The Kingdom of God is more than a worldview, because it is a ontology (way of being), not just an epistemology (way…
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She has done a beautiful thing: Kingdom Womanhood as Declaration
“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. (Mark 14:6) Coming to Jesus fundamentally changes our entire being and existence in this world. This new life we live is in the power of God, rather than Satan (Acts 26:18). We have been delivered from darkness…
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Visions of Zion: Patriarchy as Promise, the Kingdom as Inheritance
“Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid.” They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree A moment alone in the shade At home in this nation we’ve made.” This is one of the most beautiful…
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Political Faultlines: A New Fracturing of Conservative Anabaptism
Anabaptism has long existed on a spectrum. Presently, groups as culturally distinct as the Old Order Amish and as theologically and socially liberal as the Mennonite Church in the Netherlands all consider themselves to be under the umbrella of Anabaptism. In this article we will limit ourselves to America, and to the center-right of this…
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Sexual Sin, Purity, and Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Sexual holiness is not merely the absence of lust but the overcoming reality of love… Avoidance of the human beings that supposedly “cause” lust only cements in one’s mind that that other people exist solely as objects of sexual possession and fantasy. The Violence of Lust and Pornography by Rebekah Mui This series has thus…
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The Violence of Lust and Pornography
the way of empire is taking, the way of the kingdom is giving. Empire takes the bodies and dignity of others to cement its power, but Christ literally gave His body for us. Lust, Love the Doctrine of Two Kingdoms by Rebekah Mui This series explores sexuality and lust through the lens of the doctrine…
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