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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...

changes if this next chapter’s conclusion is sound, including changing what we mean by kingdom and what we mean by mission. But before we do that, we should pause to consider a very typical use of “kingdom” versus “church” language. For a century or more a meme in the church is that the church and the kingdom are totally at odds with one another and that we need to get into the kingdom and say our good-byes to the church.8 The whole posture of talking like this had at least a predecessor in the famous
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