The city was called Meridian. It was not an ancient city of stone gates and camel roads. It was glass, steel, noise, traffic, digital billboards, coffee shops, podcasts in earbuds, calendars filled two months ahead, and souls too hurried to notice they were starving. In Meridian lived a young believer named Eli. He loved the […]
Read More KMCD 26: The Kingsman and the Tale of Two Kingdoms – Part OneThis is being written during the football World Cup. The phrase “the hand of God” would remind some people of something that knocked them out of the 1986 World Cup. This is not about that incident, though it is handy to remember that the wins in life only come from God’s hand. Consider Nehemiah 2:1-8. […]
Read More KMCD 24: The Hand of God and the KingsmanReading: Mark 11:27-12:27 Context: Why do religious leaders question Jesus’ authority, and how does His parable of the tenants answer them? The battle is on for the role of the authority of the truth. The religious leaders had comfortably held that position, but that was under threat because of Jesus. They went out of their […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 20: Authority and ConflictPreviously, we explored what partnership means for the Kingsman — built around purpose, honest in contribution, humble in interdependence, and sustained by covenant rather than contract. Those four principles were drawn from the breadth of Scripture. But there is one passage that puts all of it in motion. One account where you see what those […]
Read More KMCD 23: Mission, Partnership and the KingsmanOne of the wonderful things about the grace of God extended to believers is that they are a part of His heritage. One in which He wins every battle, He provides for every need, His presence remains when others leave, His love is deep, and He cares for all His own. That’s what believers enjoy […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – It’s the HeritageThere’s a word that gets used so often in Christian circles that it has almost lost its edge. Fellowship. We say it after the service. We name rooms after it. We schedule it into the diary. But I’ve been in enough of those rooms and enough of those schedules to know that what we call […]
Read More KMCD 20: Depth of Fellowship and The KingsmanIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He made man in His image with the capacity to have dominion and rule in righteousness. Although man rebelled, there are clearly expressions of man’s capacity to express creativity and imagination that bring out the best in what God created. Wherever it is expressed – […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – CreativityThe Kingsman lives in the present, but he does not live from the present. That distinction matters more than it might first appear. Paul lands at the end of 1 Corinthians 15 not with a conclusion but with something closer to a war cry. He has spent the entire chapter building the case for resurrection […]
Read More KMCD 19: Resurrection and The KingsmanReading: Mark 9:1-32 Context: How does the transfiguration confirm Jesus’ identity for the three disciples who witness it? Here’s the confirmation – it’s one thing to be told that He’s the son of God, it’s another thing to witness His transfigured form revealing the glory of the only begotten son of God. That kind of […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 15: Glory and DiscipleshipIt’s the royal residence. Understandably, it is not accessible to everyone. There are requirements for those who wish to gain admission. Unlike other royal residences, however, admission through the gates and into the courts is by way of thanks and praise. Not just that, but this admission also acknowledges a status that entrants have. Not […]
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