Kingdom People

A biblical view of marriage will celebrate the picture of the gospel that marriage is intended to put on display. Marriage has cosmic implications because it is a picture of God’s covenant love for us in Christ. When we minimize the sacredness of the gospel picture of marriage, we begin to treat marriage as a [...]

A couple months ago, I worked on a short video that would sum up the message of Holy Subversion. Crossway has incorporated that video into a nice little promo (see it below). So… here’s the gist of the book in 3 minutes. Holy Subversion from Crossway on Vimeo.

I have been doing a number of radio interviews in recent weeks for Holy Subversion, but have chosen not to link to them. Many of the shows are similar to each other, and I don’t want to bore you with promotion and publicity for the book. So far, my favorite interview has been with Doug Baker, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]