Your Kingdom come
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by Ric Benson The fundamental purpose of the Christian church, and therefore every local Christian congregation, is to work with God in the realization of His kingdom. It is the kingdom of God that powerfully and predominantly lies at the heart of the teaching, life and action of the Lord Jesus and it is this [...]
City without a church
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by Henry Drummond I, John, Saw the Holy City, New Jerusalem, Coming down from God out of Heaven…And I saw no Temple therein….And His servants shall serve Him; And they shall see His Face; And His Name shall be written on their foreheads. (Rev 21:2, 22:1) I SAW THE CITY Two very startling things [...]
TRANSITIONING IN GOD: From church centre to apostolic centre
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by Ian Lehmann To be passionate about something you need to be willing to sacrifice for it. I know I have lost my passion when I am more concerned about the price I have to pay than the glory that Jesus will receive! ~ Floyd McClung The fivefold ministry exists to release the church. There [...]
The Local Church and the Kingdom of God
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by Murray Averill E Stanley Jones (1972, The Unshakable Kingdom and the Unchanging Person, p35): ‘The Christian Church, while it holds within itself the best life of the Kingdom, is not the kingdom of God. … the Church is potent to the degree that it obeys the Kingdom and embodies the life and spirit of [...]
