Posts in One Kingdom
Romans 13:1-7 | One Kingdom - Church

As the church, we are living in a dual reality of the already, but not yet experience of Christ's Kingdom. This week, we continue our series "One Kingdom", reflecting how we as Christians are called to faithfully engage the political landscape of our culture. Dave invites us to wrestle with either an over-realized or an under-realized eschatalogy and what that means for how we engage in our culture.

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Matthew 6:24 | One Kingdom - Jesus

Navigating politics and power with love and faith is like walking a tightrope. It feels impossible to do it well. But then, in the gospels, Jesus speaks and acts flawlessly. If we want to learn how to love God and others in our politics, Jesus is our premier example, but how do we begin? In Sunday’s sermon, Dave identifies the necessary first step on the tightrope.

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Exodus 19 | One Kingdom - Exodus

In the book of Exodus, God takes possession of His people and establishes them as a nation called to devotion, mediation, and servanthood. It is through them that the politics of His kingdom are to spread to the whole world. The narrative of the exodus has been commandeered by many political agendas, including in America. What are we to make of that? How does God's calling on Israel apply to us today?

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Genesis 9 | One Kingdom - Fall

How does humanity's fall into sin affect politics? We could go on and on about how every government is deeply broken. No one needs help being disappointed in politics. So instead, Dave asks if there's any room for legitimate authority in a fallen world? Teaching from Genesis 9, he explains what we can expect from the world's rulers and, more importantly, what God expects.

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Genesis 1 | One Kingdom - Creation

Christians are story-formed people who find their identity and purpose in the narrative of Scripture. This is not just true about our private devotion, but our public life. To that end, we are beginning a new series on politics and faith. Starting off with creation, CJ shows that politics is not a result of the Fall but was built into the world from the start.

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