The Kingdom of God challenge…
30 Mar 2007
In the interview I conducted with each of our recent guest writers/contributors to the site I asked them how they would define the kingdom of God in five words or less.
Well now I’d like to throw the question open for you to join in the fun. In five words or less how would you explain/define/understand/express/feel-about the kingdom of God…
As a refresher here are what our guest writers/contributors came up with:
Practical. Contextually-relevant. Radicall
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Comment by Lyn
8.56 am on 30 Mar 2007
One big adventure – all invited.
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9.12 am on 30 Mar 2007
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Comment by Mackan Andersson
9.16 am on 30 Mar 2007
Rightousness, Peace, Joy. (That’s only three… Hmmm. Have to come up with two more… Community? And Coffee? Can’t have one without the other! :) )
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Comment by Dave
10.08 am on 30 Mar 2007
the beginning and the end
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Comment by Marcia
12.16 pm on 30 Mar 2007
Completely totally unknowable to me.
(That’s how I feel at this moment. Wait around; I’ll feel differently later. I always do.)
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Comment by steven hamilton
1.17 pm on 30 Mar 2007
storm…distant thunder…lightning within
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Comment by steven hamilton
1.34 pm on 30 Mar 2007
ok…my apologies because i can be a nerdy-wordy guy, so here is another
‘as mourning turned into dancing’
and some wordcraft to go with it:
plummeting hope in the midst of warfare…
mournful eyes blurred with sweat and strain
as the inevitable wave of disaster rushes headlong…
[and then]
mouth gapes with utter surprise…
how could eyes be so blind to
a beautiful metamorphosis now blurred by tears
the beautiful catastrophe…destruction with a purpose
as mourning is turned into dancing
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Comment by dizzy
1.18 pm on 29 May 2007
how beautiful and exciting
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Comment by David
4.58 pm on 30 Mar 2007
Gods presence with us now
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Comment by Jan
5.09 pm on 30 Mar 2007
If God were a king.
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Comment by Patrick
5.15 pm on 30 Mar 2007
Welcome! Starbucks in the back.
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Comment by Paul
5.21 pm on 30 Mar 2007
awesome folks, keep em comin :)
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Comment by Jim_Rapp
5.28 pm on 30 Mar 2007
“.. living in Spirit and Truth ..”
(John 4:23, condensed)
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Comment by pistol pete
7.25 pm on 30 Mar 2007
… a family gathering with chicken.
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Comment by Helen
7.52 pm on 30 Mar 2007
I love reading the varied answers :)
Marcia, you might like what NT Wright said in his lectures I heard last week:
“We have signposts into the fog – what lies ahead is unimaginable and we can’t see it; but the signposts are real and our calling is to follow them.”
By the way, I wrote about my answer “a tree birds rest in” on my blog.
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Comment by Pastor Astor
8.22 pm on 30 Mar 2007
Paradise restored, everything made new
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Comment by Caroline
8.24 pm on 30 Mar 2007
a difference that makes a difference?
ok, 6 words, muffed it again, sorry :-)
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Comment by Katie
9.25 pm on 30 Mar 2007
Perfect love for imperfect people.
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Comment by sr. eleanor
10.00 pm on 30 Mar 2007
With God, answering the cries.
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Comment by ersatz
10.55 pm on 30 Mar 2007
hope in the midst
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Comment by glenn
11.20 pm on 30 Mar 2007
Here… Now… Me… Pervasive… Open…
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4.15 am on 31 Mar 2007
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Comment by dan brown
4.19 am on 31 Mar 2007
God and humankind in communion
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Comment by Jan
2.49 pm on 31 Mar 2007
Very nice. Completely agree.
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Comment by Leonie Edge
5.07 am on 31 Mar 2007
Was Far Away, is Near Now.
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Comment by Ian
6.38 am on 31 Mar 2007
Future hope, presently realised.
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Comment by Jason
7.36 am on 31 Mar 2007
lost now found
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Comment by Leonie Edge
1.29 pm on 31 Mar 2007
God is His Own proof
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Comment by Michael
8.10 pm on 31 Mar 2007
untainted beautiful disasterious merciful love
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Comment by ttm
4.02 am on 1 Apr 2007
abundant harvest from mustard seed
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Comment by Bryan Riley
9.38 am on 1 Apr 2007
Reality
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Comment by Matt
3.00 pm on 2 Apr 2007
Our Promised Land… Here… Now…
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Comment by Paul
12.21 am on 3 Apr 2007
These are all brilliant, thank you all so much. Any more?
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Comment by ttm
8.18 pm on 3 Apr 2007
simple words with complex connotations
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Comment by Squire
9.44 pm on 6 Apr 2007
Peer-to-Peer faith sharing
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Comment by Leonie Edge
5.42 am on 7 Apr 2007
I live because He lives.
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Comment by Graham McFarlane
10.33 am on 7 Apr 2007
Jesus reigning through God’s economics-&-politics
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Comment by Donna DuBois
12.24 am on 13 May 2007
“God’s reign in your circumstances”
or
“As it is in heaven”
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Comment by Bill Schroeter
12.55 am on 13 May 2007
Living in God’s amazing grace!
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Comment by James
12.26 pm on 14 May 2007
On earth as in heaven.
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Comment by Larry Judd
5.31 pm on 26 May 2007
The Kingdom of God in five words: Intimate relationship with the Trinity.
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Comment by Magnoliagirl
1.16 am on 27 May 2007
The Kingdom of God in five words: connecting powerfully with other people
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Comment by Magnoliagirl
1.20 am on 27 May 2007
The Kingdom of God in five words again: Christ in us: hope, glory
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Comment by Denise Jones
11.56 pm on 5 Jun 2007
The Kingdom Of God is.
Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost Jesus Said ‘The Kingdom of God is Within you.” Amazing As Followers of Christ Jesus we have within us the same Power that Raise Christ Jesus from the dead. The Lost need Christ We have the words of Eternal life so lets share them freely.
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Comment by allen wakabayashi
8.32 pm on 13 Jul 2007
I kind of stumbled onto your blog because of your discussion on the kingdom…Interesting to see how varied the answers are…
The Kingdom of God: God’s Kingly Reign in action.
If you’re interested, check out my book, “Kingdom Come” put out by InterVarsity Press.
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Comment by Denise Jones
12.25 am on 14 Jul 2007
Transforming, Demonstration,Miracleworking Power of God.
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Comment by Kenneth Edlin
2.04 am on 18 Jul 2007
Kingdom Principles in Us Now
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Comment by cassie
6.33 am on 24 Apr 2008
let the fun begin now
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Comment by Joshua Lenon
2.38 am on 7 Nov 2008
turning the other cheek
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Comment by Amy
12.31 am on 12 Jan 2009
time of abundance; complete happiness
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Comment by molly
4.22 pm on 2 Nov 2009
The Kingdom of God or the Reign of God is : God within and around us.
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