Category Archives: Lordship of Christ

What Does God Require of Us?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by John Armstrong

What does God ask of us? God asks that Christians be true disciples. If you are a disciple you will follow Jesus with your heart, mind, soul and strength. And you will not “just do it” as Nike famously says. … Continue reading →

Posted in Discipleship, Faith, Kingdom of God, Lordship of Christ, Spirituality | 16 Comments

Living and Ancient-Future Faith in Babylon (5)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by John Armstrong

The words of Jeremiah 29:6 are rather shocking if you get the context and historical moment right. God is telling his people that they will be in this state for a long time thus they should become active in the … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Biblical Theology, Church History, Church Tradition, Culture, Current Affairs, Kingdom of God, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism, Renewal, The Church, The Future | 8 Comments

The Church As God’s Social Strategy (3)

Posted on February 13, 2013 by John Armstrong

The second form of the church – political/social – is called the conversionist church. This form argues that no amount of tinkering with the structures of society or state will adequately counter the effects of human sin. What is needed … Continue reading →

Posted in American Evangelicalism, Church History, Church Tradition, Civil Rights, Culture, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism, Politics, Race and Racism, The Church, The Future, Unity of the Church | 3 Comments

Why Politics Matters and How We Got the Wrong End of the Stick (4)

Posted on February 7, 2013 by John Armstrong

Readers of James Davison Hunter’s magnificent critique of how Christians have sought to transform culture in America will know that he critiques Stanley Hauerwas and Jim Wallis unfavorably, just as he does conservative icons Charles Colson and Richard John Neuhaus. … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Books, Culture, Current Affairs, Freedom, Ideology, Kingdom of God, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, Politics, The Church, The Future | 1 Comment

Why Politics Matters and How We Got the Wrong End of the Stick (2)

Posted on February 5, 2013 by John Armstrong

It has become our unquestioned assumption, in the modern American context, that we have the “right’ to develop our potential to the fullest extent possible. This assumption is constantly fed by pop-psychology and a goodly number of new unexamined religious … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Culture, Discipleship, Ethics, Ideology, Kingdom of God, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, The Church, The Future | 2 Comments

Living as Aliens in Post-Christendom Culture (5)

Posted on January 18, 2013 by John Armstrong

Christian sociologist James Davison Hunter has written one of the most important studies of what it means to be faithfully present in the modern, increasingly post-Christendom world that I have been describing over the last two weeks. His magisterial book, … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Christ/Christology, Culture, Current Affairs, Emergent Church, Ideology, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism, Politics, Postmodernity, Renewal, The Church, The Future | 3 Comments

Living as Aliens in a Post-Christendom Culture (2)

Posted on January 15, 2013 by John Armstrong

If living the Christian life as “aliens” really describes Christian community/church then we can understand why we are a “colony of heaven” in a “strange” land. The biblical portrait of the Christian church is one in which the church “exists … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Culture, Current Affairs, Discipleship, Emergent Church, Faith, Ideology, Kingdom of God, Lordship of Christ, Love, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism, Politics, Religion, Renewal, The Christian Minister/Ministry, The Church, The Future | 9 Comments

Living as Aliens in a Post-Christendom Culture (1)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by John Armstrong

I suggested in my series last week, “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church,” that Christians were called by God in Christ to live as “a colony of heaven” (Philippians 3:20). Because of this calling we are to live as God’s … Continue reading →

Posted in America and Americanism, American Evangelicalism, Church Tradition, Culture, Current Affairs, Discipleship, Emergent Church, Gospel/Good News, Ideology, Kingdom of God, Lordship of Christ, Missional Church, Missional-Ecumenism, Politics, Postmodernity, The Church, The Future | 1 Comment

My Journey (3): Childhood Faith and Encountering the Living God

Posted on September 6, 2012 by John Armstrong

Growing up in a small-town, Southern Baptist, cultural background meant that coming to Christ was a prescribed formula that I knew about for as long as I can recall. The pattern was rooted in a Pauline type conversion experience. You … Continue reading →

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My Journey (2): Asking Questions About My Purpose

Posted on September 5, 2012 by John Armstrong

I began, on August 30, an account of my life’s journey that I promised to continue. I will try to write these particular blogs as I have opportunity. I cannot produce a new entry each day but I will attempt … Continue reading →

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