Ep 95: Thy Forgotten Kingdom Come! (GH)

What does the kingdom of God on earth look like? In this final episode of Season 4, Brian and Doc close the Forgotten Kingdom by reflecting on the seasonโ€™s major themes: the Great Omission, the Discipleship Dilemma, the Formation Gap, and the Kingdom of God as the cosmic restoration of all things. The conversation revisits the โ€œre-wordsโ€ of the Kingdomโ€”redeem, restore, reconcile, renew, and reintegrateโ€”and asks what it means to see Godโ€™s reign not only in church services or explicitly spiritual activities, but in ordinary life. Creation, culture, family, work, beauty, meals, art, music, relationships, and even small acts of goodness all belong inside the Kingโ€™s world.

BY Brian Fisher

May 28, 2024

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The Kingdom of God on Earth

What do we mean when we pray for the Kingdom to come?

Dr. Tim Boswell returns to the Greenhouse for a vulnerable and in-depth conversation about our modern ideas about the Kingdom, and how they may or may not align with what Jesus meant when He instructed us to pray for it to arrive.  

Is the Kingdom spiritual, or is it also physical?  Is the Kingdom right now or just in the future?  Does the Kingdom refer to Heaven, or does it include some form of Heaven on Earth? Of our four relationships (with God, others, self, and creation), which are included in the Kingdom?

Join us for the last episode of Season 4, as we finish our months-long exploration of the Forgotten Kingdom! ย 

The episode continues the discussion in Episode 94.ย 

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