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Long sees parables not merely as creative figures of speech but as GPS devices taking hearers to those places where the event of God is happening all around us. This book provides two chapters for each synoptic Gospel. Two introductory chapters additionally situate this book in the history and theology of the parables' interpretation and address questions that preachers have about preaching the parables.

In The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church, Geerhardus Vos (1862-1949), Professor of Biblical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, describes the Messianic work of Jesus as the realization of Old Testament revelation. Vos says the kingdom of God was inaugurated by the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, but that it awaits consummation at the end of the world. Vos concludes that religion alone can act as the supreme unifying factor in the life of man, leading it to its final goal in the service of God.

Pastor-teacher John MacArthur helps listeners understand Jesus' parables and how they relate to the whole of his message. Jesus was a master storyteller, and the parables he told were ingeniously simple word pictures with profound spiritual lessons. Understanding the parables is a crucial matter for followers of Jesus. Jesus told parables so his people might comprehend his message about the kingdom of God clearly.

What does it mean to truly live in the kingdom of God in our day-to-day lives? Discover the wisdom and wonder of the parables of Jesus as they unlock secrets of our faith and reveal the nature and availability of God's kingdom here on earth. Carefully crafted, previously unpublished materials from Dallas Willard comprise The Scandal of the Kingdom, a powerful exploration of Jesus's parables that unlocks ways to increase our faith and live every day more fully in the radical and surprising love of God and his kingdom.

When Jesus began his ministry, he announced that the kingdom of God was at hand. But many modern-day Christians don’t really understand what the kingdom of God is or how it relates to the message of the gospel. Defining kingdom as the King’s power over the King’s people in the King’s place, Patrick Schreiner investigates the key events, prophecies, and passages of Scripture that highlight the important theme of kingdom across the storyline of the Bible―helping readers see how the mission of Jesus and the coming of the kingdom fit together.

The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a nonfiction book written by Leo Tolstoy. A philosophical treatise, the book was first published in Germany in 1894 after being banned in his home country of Russia. It is the culmination of 30 years of Tolstoy's thinking and lays out a new organization for society based on a literal Christian interpretation. The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a key text for Tolstoyan nonviolent resistance and Christian anarchist movements.

With the same down-to-earth teaching style used in Hearing God's Voice Made Simple and Seeing in the Spirit Made Simple, Praying Medic provides Bible-based teaching on the nature of dreams and their meaning. The most common dreams, types, and themes are examined. Dozens of dreams are provided and their meanings are explained. You'll learn to distinguish between literal and symbolic dreams, and you'll discover how to have more dreams and how to deal with nightmares. If you want to know what God is saying through your dreams, this book is for you!

El pastor y maestro John MacArthur ayuda a los lectores a comprender las parábolas de Jesús y cómo se relacionan con su mensaje completo. Jesús fue un maestro de la narración, y las parábolas que él contó eran ingeniosamente retratos sencillos de palabras con profundas lecciones espirituales.

At every moment the author brings deep insight, conviction, and clarity about what God's Kingdom work is all about.

A world filled with famine, terrorism, chaos, calamity, sorrow. Has God abandoned mankind, or will He intervene before the world is destroyed? The answer comes from ancient texts of the Bible: There is a new world coming! As prophesied, Jesus Christ will return to bring God's kingdom to the earth. And the world will not be the same!

Sometimes Jesus talked about the kingdom of God as if it were already here, and sometimes he talked as if it were far in the future. Which is it, and how does it affect life right now? Another way to approach the question is to observe that Jesus preached about the kingdom of God, but his disciples preached about Jesus. Why this difference in focus, and why does it matter for us today? In this collection of articles, we look at what Jesus said about the kingdom, the parables he used to describe it, and how Paul integrated that into his message of salvation through faith in Christ. In the ...

This highly informative new audiobook will explain the kingdom of God like never before, unlocking some secrets, doors, and keys to the kingdom that will fuel and ignite your walk, mission, and purpose from this day forward!

“The Secret of the Kingdom of God” is a systematic and comprehensive approach to this complex subject and offers a coherent and unifying model organized around the four aspects of the Kingdom found in Scripture. The reader is shown how the pieces come together and should be able to stand back and see the big picture. The content includes arguments for the importance of studying about the Kingdom, a working definition which includes the four aspects of the Kingdom, chapters fully dedicated to each of the aspects, the essentials needed to enter the Kingdom and how the Kingdom affects each...

What is the Sermon on the Mount? In Matthew 5-7, Christ climbs a mountain with his disciples and from there gives his most famous sermon. He starts by describing those who are members of his heavenly kingdom (Matt 5:3-10). They are the poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, those who hunger for righteousness, the merciful, etc. Those who are truly heavenly citizens don’t just have a profession of faith but experience a faith that changes their life and character—they are new creations in Christ (2 Cor 5:17). Christ warns those listening to his sermon of potential deception—if their ...

The Bible is filled with many fascinating individuals who lived their lives in the shadowlands of insignificance. Tucked away here and there in the pages of sacred Scripture, we may have passed over them as irrelevant nobodies, yet many of them lived their lives in faith and obedience to God despite facing overwhelming odds. Compiled and significantly adapted or rewritten for today's listener from the classic writings of numerous legendary Christian expositors, such as Charles Spurgeon and others, these passages provide truth that is as relevant today as the day they were penned.

What is God's purpose with this earth? What is His purpose for me? Does God care about what happens in my day to day life? God wrote the Bible to inspire. He wrote the Bible to teach you about Him and His principles––and to encourage you to be like Him. This book is meant to aid you in your understanding of the Bible and its message, and to provide a foundation upon which you can better come to know and love God. Meant as a compliment and extension of the book "It is Written," this book presents the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ in an easy to read way, ...

El expositor maestro y comentarista bíblico John MacArthur ha pasado una vida explicando la Palabra de Dios en términos claros y comprensibles. En este libro él ayuda a los cristianos a entender las lecciones esenciales contenidas en las más famosos e influyentes historias cortas que el mundo jamás haya conocido.

September 23, 2017, is an exciting and long anticipated time. It is the day of the fulfillment of John the Revelator's coming forth of the Man Child. According to the prophecy, he is to rule the whole world. This is not just a government rule, but a religious one as well. The woman to which he is born is a representation of the Restored Church that Jesus Christ established. Thus the type of rule that the Man Child will establish is a "Theocracy". It is the type of leadership that was had among the ancients.

This teaching manual helps to rightly divide what the word of God has to say about prosperity and its purpose in the kingdom of God.

Even though we acknowledge God as owner of the universe and ourselves, we do not live out that belief in our daily lives. C. S. Lewis and others alluded to God's ownership and acknowledged it, but this is the first work to explore the details and explain its importance and impact in-depth. The author uses a hundred verses of scripture and his knowledge of the original languages to enlighten and illuminate what first-century Christians knew, but has been lost for centuries and hidden by our own desire to avoid knowing what God really wants from us.