Kingdom People

We are not merely called to tolerate those who disagree with us; we are called to love. The world’s idea of tolerance is a parody of the Christian understanding of love.
Tolerance is passive. Love is active.
Tolerance is a feeling of apathy. Love is accompanied by feelings of great affection.
Tolerance keeps people at arm’s length in [...]

As of today, Holy Subversion is officially in stock at Amazon.com and will soon be in bookstores across the country.
Last Wednesday, I received my first copy of the book, graciously Fed-Exed to me by Crossway. It is indeed a wonderful feeling to hold your own book in your hands.
Now that the book is out, I’d like [...]

The cross is the climax of the great themes of reversal found all throughout the Old and New Testaments.
In Mary’s song, often called the “Magnificat,” she speaks of the mighty being brought down from their thrones and God’s exaltation of the humble. She sings about the rich being sent away empty and the hungry being [...]

In Holy Subversion, there is a chapter on how the church should subvert the world’s understanding of power. This excerpt is particularly relevant for this time of year, as it contrasts the power of God’s kingdom with the power of Caesar’s rule:
Consider Jesus of Nazareth alongside Caesar Augustus.
At the time of Christ’s birth, Caesar had [...]

Ed Stetzer is the president of LifeWay Research and a prolific author of too many books to list here. (OK, here are a few recent ones you should note: Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them, Compelled by Love: The Most Excellent Way to Missional Living, and Breaking the Missional Code: [...]

In the past few years, Kevin DeYoung has written three books that I have thoroughly enjoyed: Just Do Something, Why We Love the Church and Why We’re Not Emergent (the latter two co-authored by the inimitable Ted Kluck). More recently, I’ve benefited from the pastoral wisdom displayed his blog.
Kevin is the senior pastor at University Reformed [...]

During my years of study in Romania, I was challenged by the example of one professor in particular – Dr. Radu Gheorghita. Dr. Gheorghita is a Romanian scholar who now teaches at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I was fortunate enough to take Hermeneutics, Greek, and New Testament with him while studying at Emanuel University.
I have [...]

Dr. Nicholas Perrin is the Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College. I thoroughly enjoyed Lost in Transmission , his book about the historical reliability of the biblical Gospels. (Check out my interview with Dr. Perrin here.) He is also the author of Thomas, the Other Gospel.
I am grateful for Nick Perrin’s work and for [...]

Dr. David Dockery is the president of Union University. Since he has become president, enrollment at Union has 1,975 to 3,800. He is also the author of several books, including Renewing Minds: Serving Church and Society Through Christian Higher Education and Southern Baptist Consensus and Renewal: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Proposal.

I have been blessed personally [...]

Collin Hansen is an editor-at-large for Christianity Today. In 2006, he wrote an article entitled, “Young, Restless, and Reformed,” which documented the rise of Calvinism among many young evangelicals. By 2008, that article had turned into a full book, Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist’s Journey with the New Calvinists.
Collin is a good journalist, and I [...]