The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Pt. 7: Personal Reflections

Sitting in that Sunday service before Labor Day at Jacob’s Well in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, I had no idea the radical transformation awaiting me as I heard the Lord’s still, small voice, “Let Me pastor you through them.”   I first thought “them” meant the pastors of this church, which He did, but more importantly, HeContinue reading “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Pt. 7: Personal Reflections”

The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Pt. 2: The Sower of Good Seed

The kingdom of heaven is so vast, the Bible so colossally labyrinthine, and Christians so all over the map as to what this kingdom is all about that we desperately need light to cut through the fog.  Jesus’ parables break forth as a breath of fresh air of simplicity in this stuffy room of complexityContinue reading “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Pt. 2: The Sower of Good Seed”

The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Pt 1: Have You Understood All These?

If you were asked to describe the kingdom of God, how would you do it?  Oh, and you only get six analogies to compare it with.  Here’s the kicker: your description of the kingdom of God has to encompass everything the Bible has revealed about it—all the Old Testament, the Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and allContinue reading “The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like…Pt 1: Have You Understood All These?”