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Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

According to Scot McKnight, “kingdom” is the biblical term most misused by Christians today. It has taken on meanings that are completely at odds with what the Bible says. “Kingdom” has become a buzzword for both social justice and redemption so that it has lost its connection with Israel and with the church as a local church. McKnight defines the biblical concept of kingdom, offering a thorough...

Fourth, kingdom mission avoids the zealotry of adding to the will of God. I don’t want to confuse this term “zealotry” with the Zealot use of force only. What I mean by “zealotry” is conscious zeal to be radically committed to the will of God so much that one goes beyond the Bible to prove one’s radical commitment. Zealotry produces a sense of immunity: if I’m even more radical than the Bible, I must be right or cannot be wrong. Zealotry also leads to judgmentalism toward others, and thus it creates
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