The kingdom of God

Chalk & cheese

THE KINGDOM OF GOD
A primer on the Christian life
By W. Tullian Tchivdjian
Banner of Truth. 43 pages. £2.00
ISBN 0 85151 900 8

This is a powerful and perceptive little booklet which points out our basic orientation in the Christian life.

Based on our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount it answers fundamental questions about God’s kingdom. It explains what the kingdom is, what the characteristics of its citizens are (the Beatitudes), what our function is in this world (salt and light), and what opposition we can expect to face (suffering and false prophets).

At a time when there is much confusion about God’s kingdom from liberal and neo-evangelical theology this booklet is straight and clear. It has a fine emphasis on our call to be as different from the world as chalk and cheese, but at the same time tells us we must be in the world as well as not of the world. This is a brilliant little primer to give to new Christians and old.

John Benton

© Evangelicals Now - November 2005
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• We want freedom
• The Commentary
  Holey Bible?
• Eddy Stride, 1923-2005
  Obituary
• Becoming conversant with the emerging church
• Strangely optimistic
  Reporting on a recent visit to North Korea
• From married ministry to Christian singles' work
  A journey from grace, through legalism to GRACE
• The purity of God
  The story of holiness from Revelation 15
• Monthly media and arts column
  TV or not TV? - that is the question
• Monthly youth leaders column
  Caring for the flock - part 2
• The Third Degree
  A day in the life of a... Christian Union Staff Worker
• The Music Exchange
  Pray for music students
• What are 'apologetics'?
• Letter from America
  Hotting up?
• Latin lives 1
  The first in a series of interviews with Christian leaders in Latin America

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• Pride and prejudice
• By demonstration: God - Fifty years and a week at L'Abri
• Science, faith and postmodernism
• William Booth
• Indelible ink
• The kingdom of God
• Taken as read
• Father of faitth missions - The life and times of Anthony Norris Groves
• William Carey
• What is going on in Christian crisis pregnancy counselling?
• Fragmented faith?
• The letters and papers of Lady Powerscourt
• God is closer than you think
• The martyrs of Mary Tudor
• Contraception: a pro-life guide
• Majesty in misery
• Judges and Ruth
• Mentoring marriages
• What on earth is the church for?
• The sea
• Set all free