How can Christians make a livelihood in the world without conforming to the world? This article explains what Christ meant when he said that we are not of this world: we are called to a new life, to flee worldliness, and remember that we belong to the everlasting kingdom of God, and therefore our busyness should always be done in the light of the world to come.

The kingdom of God was central to the preaching of Jesus. This article surveys the Gospels on this point, explains four components of kingdom-focused preaching (from Mark 1:14), and challenges the reader to appropriate kingdom involvement.

The ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ inaugurated the kingdom of God, and believers enter the kingdom in Christ. This union of Christ the King with believers must shape the daily life of the Christian.

You are a treasure hunter. However, your treasure hunting is exclusive: either you seek the kingdom of God or your kingdom. How do you know? Matthew 6:24 explains.

This article explains how the Lord Jesus defined in his Sermon on the Mount what it means to be part of the kingdom of God. Kingdom citizens recognize their sin, see the perfection of God, have a pure heart, and conduct themselves with the fear of the Lord.

Are you seeking self-approval? Are you building your kingdom and not the kingdom of God? There are three habits that can help you stop seeking your kingdom and start focusing on God's kingdom.

The study considers the present reality of the kingdom of God in the coming and preaching of Jesus Christ, but also the fact that there are future aspects of this kingdom that still need to be revealed and manifested.

What does it mean for us to pray for the kingdom of God to come? We pray that sin be eradicated, Satan destroyed, and Christ glory to cover the earth. This is the essence of praying, Your kingdom come.

The purpose of this article is to re-examine some aspects of the kingdom of God, especially in the light of certain evidence about the Son of Man, and the relation of the kingdom to Jesus' person and mission. It focuses on two logia in the Beelzebul controversy as presented in Matthew 12:25-32 and its parallels in Mark 3:23-30 and Luke 11:17-30 and Luke 12:10,3.

This article gives a broad outline of the biblical teaching on the kingdom of God.

Saucy writes from the conviction that understanding the Holy Spirit is important for understanding the aims and means of the kingdom of God in the present age. His starting point is that the Holy Spirit is directly related to the manifestation of the kingdom in this world.

The Synoptic Gospels regularly describe the way one enters the kingdom of God. The Synoptics rarely in these contexts explicitly mention faith. The Gospels do not imply that people merit eternal life and the kingdom; nevertheless, active obedience provides the gateway to life. The article draws attention to the way the Gospels framed the doctrine of salvation (soteriology).

The Old Testament prophesied a time when nations will be part of the kingdom of God. This paper explores how 1 Corinthians and other New Testament examples present these prophecies as fulfilled in local church gatherings today, including worship. Since the purpose of church gatherings is to praise and to edify, this has implications for the church in reaching to those outside the church.

This essay is a reflection on different aspects of the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven.

We do not find the expression "kingdom of God" in the Old Testament. The sovereign rule of God, however, is affirmed in various ways throughout the Old Testament. The royal rule of God is expressed in the kingdom of heaven. This essay reflects on how the presence of the kingdom functioned in the teaching of Jesus Christ and the future expectation of the kingdom in the return of Christ.

How can a Christian give himself to work for the coming of the kingdom of God, while we know that the present world is destined for destruction? A very optimistic view of the future and the possibilities of science often leads to a postmillennial view of eschatology.

In the seventeenth century two commentators on the Bible who helped to fan the interest in the coming of the kingdom of God were Thomas Brightman and Joseph Mede. This essay compares the comments of these two men on the book of Revelation.

What is the relationship of the Old Testament to the New? What is the exegetical method(s) employed by the New Testament's use of the Old? Wherein can we find elements of continuity and/or discontinuity between Israel and the church? Who are the “people of God” and what is the “kingdom of God”?

The book of Daniel presents a constant battle that faces every Christian: the battle between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. The many idols of this world exert an influence on believers. Christians must ask themselves: how are we going to live through this battle? The answer lies in Christ.

What does it mean to be spiritually minded? Being spiritually minded involves being conscious of the spiritual world, which happens as the result of God’s work through the Holy Spirit. Christians who are spiritually minded grow in understanding of the kingdom of God.

This article is about the reality and the last days of the kingdom of God.

This is the eighth article in a series on various doctrinal issues facing the church today. This article acknowledges the centrality of the kingdom of God throughout the New Testament. The kingdom of God is the dynamic rule of God.

Christians have no reason to despair or be pessimistic. This is true because Isaiah 51:9-11 shows that the kingdom of God is progressing, God is working out salvation for His people always, and the opposition cannot withstand His work.

This is the ninth article in a series on various doctrinal issues facing the church today. This article looks at the kingdom of God, discussing the citizens of the kingdom (those who are regenerated) and the characteristics of the kingdom.

This article looks at the Bible's teaching on the two kingdoms doctrine - the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. Focus is given to the eschatological nature of the kingdom of Christ. The author shows how the church functions as a experience of Christ's kingdom.

This article discusses the two kingdoms doctrine. This article shows how the perspectives around the kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world were used during the Reformation to argue against the separation of church and state, and is used today to support the social gospel. This warrants a new look into the discussion of the two kingdoms.

Living in the last days is about knowing how to live as God's people. Looking at the relationship between eschatology and the kingdom, this article shows that the first coming of Christ ushered in the kingdom of God which will be completed when He returns. This has bearing on the Christian life, because Christians live their lives looking at the completed work of Christ while waiting for the full realization of it.

This article is about hope, and how it is an incentive for godliness. In other words, what does the return of Christ have to do with our piety? The kingdom of God is discussed from a amillennial point of view, as a spiritual kingdom. It also looks at the relation of the kingdom of God to this world.

This article is about the kingdom of God as a spiritual kingdom. The author also discusses the kingdom of God in culture and society, the optimistic and pessimistic view of the kingdom of God in this world, and amillennialism.

In this article on the intrusion ethics of Meredith G Kline, the author also discusses theocracy in the Old Testament, the eschatological kingdom of God in the Old Testament, theonomy, and the relation Old Testament and New Testament.

This article looks at the relation of the creation and the new creation, the consummation of the kingdom of God and the new heaven and earth.

Through much of the history of the Church those who have articulated Christian doctrine have viewed narcissism as the original and fundamental human problem. Augustine declared that the "primal destruction of man was self-Iove". This article takes an in-depth view at the role of the "I" in the confrontation with the Kingdom of God, where the most important one is the one who know how to be a servant.

This article is about the expectation of the new heaven and earth and the worldly hope and optimism and the idea of utopia we find in our society today. The author also looks at the joy and the patience of the kingdom of God.

What exactly is the kingdom of God? In his book The Kingdom of God, John Bright emphasizes the unity between the Old and New Testaments by looking at the biblical theme of the kingdom of God. This is a review of this book.

This article is about victory and defeats in the kingdom of God] as we see it in the book of 1 Chronicles. The article also discusses the victory and defeat of Israel in war, the blessing of the Lord, children as a blessing, prosperity and poverty, and sickness and healing.