Living in Two Kingdoms

Faith & Fellowship Magazine
Written By Tim Mathiesen

May/June 2024

Living in Two Kingdoms

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Politics and the Text
Politics, North American Mission, 2024-03
Politics and the Text
Politics, North American Mission, 2024-03

I don’t know if the church gets much more divided than during an election year. 2024 is shaping up to be no different. How should we, the body of Christ, think and behave in this divisive climate?

Politics, North American Mission, 2024-03
To Ceasar What Is Caesar’s and to God What Is God’s
Politics, Mission of God, 2024-03
To Ceasar What Is Caesar’s and to God What Is God’s
Politics, Mission of God, 2024-03

Most of us think of a “kingdom” as a place. But when Scripture speaks of the “kingdom of God,” it is not speaking of a place... Rather, the “kingdom of God” (or the “kingdom of Heaven”) is a fact, the fact that God is king.

Politics, Mission of God, 2024-03
Are We Safe?
2024-03, Politics, Mission of God
Are We Safe?
2024-03, Politics, Mission of God

Dangers confront us continually in the form of car crashes, heart attacks, divorce, politics, war, or terrorism. Jesus prays, appealing to his Father for our protection, but do we feel safe? We can look to pillars of Christianity and ask the same question.

2024-03, Politics, Mission of God
Moving Messages
Preaching, 2024-03
Moving Messages
Preaching, 2024-03

Historically, the art of public speaking (including proclamation) has been considered under the category of rhetoric. Aristotle famously defined rhetoric as “the faculty of observing, in any given case, the available means of persuasion.”

Preaching, 2024-03
Cameroon Celebrating 100 Years
International Mission, Cameroon, Anniversary, 2024-03
Cameroon Celebrating 100 Years
International Mission, Cameroon, Anniversary, 2024-03

It is Sunday, March 17th, day one of the centennial celebration of the Lutheran Brethren Church of Cameroon. It seems I am dreaming, having just crossed the Logone river this morning from Chad in a wooden canoe.

International Mission, Cameroon, Anniversary, 2024-03
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