Tag Archives: Kingdom of Heaven

The Imperfect Church and the Kingdom of Heaven

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

One of the tensions in any type of interpretation of scripture that embraces a communal perspective is the distance between the church or whatever type of community of faith the individual is a part of and the vision of community … Continue reading →

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Gehenna, Tartaros, Sheol, Hades and Hell

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

  For many Christians the concept of hell has a lot of baggage associated with it. In the New Testament Gehenna, Sheol, or Tartaros which are translated Hades (Sheol) or Hell (Gehenna or Tartaros) did not carry the same level … Continue reading →

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Matthew 4: 18-25 Snagging the Fishers for Humanity and Spreading the Kingdom

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

Matthew 4: 18-25 Parallel Mark 1: 16-20, Luke 5: 1-11; John 1: 35-51 18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the … Continue reading →

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Matthew 4: 12-17 The Kingdom’s Foothold

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

Matthew 4: 12-17 Parallel Mark 1: 14-15, Luke 4: 14-15 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory … Continue reading →

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