The Kingdom of Jesus: The Radical Challenge of the Message of Jesus

Roger Forster

ISBN 10: 185078468X / ISBN 13: 9781850784685

Published by Authentic Lifestyle, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kingdom of Jesus: The Radical Challenge of the Message of Jesus
• Publisher: Authentic Lifestyle
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185078468X
• ISBN 13: 9781850784685
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Jesus never stopped talking about the Kingdom of God. Everything he said was concerned with it, and yet as Christians we are often unsure about what he meant. The Kingdom of Jesus unpacks this dense topic, dispelling popular myths about the Kingdom, and showing how its message is as relevant to the 21st century church as it was in Jesus' day. In this book, Roger Forster takes us through ten alternative views of what the Kingdom could mean, demonstrating how these concepts can sometimes obscure the radical nature of the message. Dispensing with these views, he introduces us to his understanding of the biblical Kingdom incorporating in his study reflections on the Sabbath, the Jubilee, the Gospel, the Church, the Son of Man, and the Sermon on the Mount. This fresh theological approach is deeply insightful, drawing extensively from Old and New Testament material and unraveling the complexities of these texts to make them accessible, uplifting and challenging.

About the Author

Roger Forster studied mathematics and theology at St John's College Cambridge. After a period in the Royal Air Force, he worked as an itinerant evangelist before starting Ichthus in 1974. Roger was one of the founders of March for Jesus, was on the board of the AD2000 Movement and the Council of the Evangelical Missionary Alliance for many years. He has been involved with the Evangelical Alliance since the early 1970s as a member of the Council, and has served on a number of EA committees.Among his many responsibilities he is Chairman of the Council for the UK Evangelical Alliance and honorary Vice President of Tearfund, and is honoured to be on the Council of Reference for Aglow International (Britain), and together with Faith is a patron of Springs Dance Company. In 1974 Faith and Roger Forster founded the Ichthus Christian Fellowship, which they co-lead, and currently comprises 15 London congregations, a network of 80 UK link churches and workers overseas in approximately 16 nations. Roger has authored and co-authored several books, including God's Strategy in Human History, Reason Science and Faith, Christianity Evidence and Truth, The Kingdom of Jesus, Prayer, Trinity and Suffering and the Love of God.