The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests… 
Posts Tagged ‘kingdom of heaven’
When What We Plant Together Grows
Answering Elijah (Part 12)
Catch up on this series about the biblical foundations of my understanding of “mission” by going here.
Last time I wrote about the Good News, or gospel. The Good News Jesus preached was simply “The kingdom of God is here.”
But what did He mean? Why is this kingdom thing so good?
On Earth
Jesus was constantly speaking about…
Answering Elijah (Part 11)
Elijah, a student and blogger at Fuller, asked me weeks ago what biblical basis I had for my understanding of “mission.” I’ve been answering ever since. Hope you’re not past the due date on this assignment, Elijah.
If you’re just tuning in, you can catch up on this series of answers by going here.
And now, Jesus…
What…
Left And Right Of The Gospel
I beg you, look for the words ‘social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your church web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. -Glenn Beck
When people of faith get to the public square they shouldn’t say “my religious view is this.” They should speak in moral language that is inclusive…
Authority
Does this ever happen to you? Reading the bible, your eyes run across the same idea again and again? In silence, that idea bubbles to the surface of your thoughts over and over? It comes up in conversation repeatedly? Maybe God’s trying to tell us something? Well, the idea that keeps coming up in my…
Easter: Expectations
The scroll was chosen by the leaders of the synagogue long before the day Jesus read it. It was chosen before anyone could have known Jesus would be passing through, and then it was tucked away in a sacred hiding place.…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a communicator who’s known by a lot of titles: Singer/songwriter. Speaker. Blogger. Husband. Daddy. Friend. He feels and thinks deeply and laughs easily. And he’s helping Christians discover what they were saved for, and being a voice for children around the world, desperate to be saved from poverty.
