The Challenge of the Kingdom of God
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Responding to God is the most important decision you will ever make! How we view the world we live in ultimately determines our lives. What does the world look like to you? How do you view it, and what do you believe about it? Humans have placed themselves in the place of God, turning the wheel of history themselves. Human egocentrism has colored the world with the principles of survival of the fittest and the winner-take-all system, and as a result, no matter how much the world advances, it is always held back by new, chronic problems that arise. Jesus presents humanity with a new kingdom centered on God. After eliminating God, he personally shows the reality of the kingdom of God to humanity, who cannot handle themselves and the world, and thus destroys both. How will you respond to Jesus' invitation? The most important decision of your life is upon you. |
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Prologue: The Core Ideas of Christianity
Chapter 1: A Broken World
Television commercials and news · People pursuing happiness · A world of sighs and tears · Is the world a house of celebration or a house of mourning? · Various human attempts and alternatives · Education and science · Economy and systems · Past and present · What is the problem?
Chapter 2: Egocentrism
The Irony of the Wedding Hall · How to Live in a Self-Centered World - The Survival of the Fittest · A God of the Weak? · Why Humans Are Self-Centered · Two Faults of Humanity · Lost Humans · The Courage to Face the Truth
Chapter 3: The Path to Recovery
The thrill of reunion · Various human endeavors · Conscience and good deeds · Inquiry and study · Prayer and religious practices · God, who seeks more fervently than humans · Faith, the way to relate to God · What God expects of us
Chapter 4: The Messiah
Ringwanderung · God's Will for Israel · Israel, the Ringwanderung of Rebellion · The Essence of Human Problems Discovered in Israel · God's Alternative, the Messiah · God at Work in Human History · God Comes to Me Too
Chapter 5: The Kingdom of God
The many images of Jesus · Who is the real Jesus? · Jesus' central teachings · "The time is fulfilled" · When God intervenes in our lives · "The kingdom of God is at hand" · The kingdom of God began with the coming of Jesus · The kingdom of God will be completed with the return of Jesus · The tranquilizer Jesus vs.
Jesus the Savior
Chapter 6: The Complete Gospel
The Greatest Story in the World · "Repent" · The Problems of Changing Direction · "Believe the Gospel" · God's Justice · God's Love · Faith, Our Crucial Need · The Challenge of the Kingdom of God
Chapter 7: True Conversion
How to Live in Troubled Times? · Standing Truthfully Before the World · Standing Truthfully Before Yourself · Standing with Gratitude Before God's Grace · True Confrontation and Decision · True Decision and God's Gift · Four Questions for True Conversion · The Great Moment: Turning to God
Chapter 8: A New Community
The reality of the Kingdom of God that has already begun · The miraculous birth of the Kingdom of God community · Restoration in the new community · Living as a Kingdom of God community in the world · Living in the world as a citizen of the Kingdom of God · Belonging to and starting a healthy church
Epilogue: A Path That Lasted for Two Thousand Years
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: A Broken World
Television commercials and news · People pursuing happiness · A world of sighs and tears · Is the world a house of celebration or a house of mourning? · Various human attempts and alternatives · Education and science · Economy and systems · Past and present · What is the problem?
Chapter 2: Egocentrism
The Irony of the Wedding Hall · How to Live in a Self-Centered World - The Survival of the Fittest · A God of the Weak? · Why Humans Are Self-Centered · Two Faults of Humanity · Lost Humans · The Courage to Face the Truth
Chapter 3: The Path to Recovery
The thrill of reunion · Various human endeavors · Conscience and good deeds · Inquiry and study · Prayer and religious practices · God, who seeks more fervently than humans · Faith, the way to relate to God · What God expects of us
Chapter 4: The Messiah
Ringwanderung · God's Will for Israel · Israel, the Ringwanderung of Rebellion · The Essence of Human Problems Discovered in Israel · God's Alternative, the Messiah · God at Work in Human History · God Comes to Me Too
Chapter 5: The Kingdom of God
The many images of Jesus · Who is the real Jesus? · Jesus' central teachings · "The time is fulfilled" · When God intervenes in our lives · "The kingdom of God is at hand" · The kingdom of God began with the coming of Jesus · The kingdom of God will be completed with the return of Jesus · The tranquilizer Jesus vs.
Jesus the Savior
Chapter 6: The Complete Gospel
The Greatest Story in the World · "Repent" · The Problems of Changing Direction · "Believe the Gospel" · God's Justice · God's Love · Faith, Our Crucial Need · The Challenge of the Kingdom of God
Chapter 7: True Conversion
How to Live in Troubled Times? · Standing Truthfully Before the World · Standing Truthfully Before Yourself · Standing with Gratitude Before God's Grace · True Confrontation and Decision · True Decision and God's Gift · Four Questions for True Conversion · The Great Moment: Turning to God
Chapter 8: A New Community
The reality of the Kingdom of God that has already begun · The miraculous birth of the Kingdom of God community · Restoration in the new community · Living as a Kingdom of God community in the world · Living in the world as a citizen of the Kingdom of God · Belonging to and starting a healthy church
Epilogue: A Path That Lasted for Two Thousand Years
Acknowledgements
Into the book
We all want to be happy.
Humanity has been working hard to create a better world.
But in any era, people who lived in that era did not find the life they wanted.
In all fields, including education, science, economics, and systems, humans have made great efforts and achieved proud achievements, but human problems remain.
What's the problem? _ Page 36
We all pursue happiness, so why, instead, do we live lives filled with sighs and tears? This age-old question can be subject to numerous analyses, diagnoses, and interpretations, but the answer lies in the simplest of things.
It is because human nature is self-centered.
Page 45
Finding the true, living God is difficult even through religious practices that try to make God move in the way we want.
It is even more difficult to find God with our limited good deeds and corrupt conscience.
The human effort to find and understand a God beyond human ability is admirable, but how can we truly find God? _Page 83
God planned and executed to send the Messiah to the world and intervene in human history, thereby opening the way to restore relationships with a broken world and self-centered humanity.
Don't you need a God who intervenes in our lives and the world we live in, not through symbols or metaphors? _Page 120
The event in which God intervened in human history was the Jesus incident.
Just as God sent the Messiah Jesus into history to create a turning point in human history for humanity, who had fallen into self-centeredness and could not escape the Ringwanderung after eliminating God, God also comes to each of us in the same way.
Page 134
Those who think they can live well without God have nothing to repent for, but only regrets.
Those who can live well without God by making themselves God can do so by building their own 'country'.
They do not need the Messiah Jesus who came to judge and restore the broken world, and his new kingdom, the kingdom of God.
Page 155
It's easy to criticize the world.
Recognizing a problem is actually not that difficult if you have a little knowledge and critical thinking.
But the really hard thing is to face the fact that I too am a part of this world.
Page 188
The power that made the early Christian community possible was their belief that the kingdom of God had actually come into this world through the death and resurrection of Jesus, as he had preached.
Because they truly believed that the kingdom of God had begun, they lived under God's rule and, following the Holy Spirit given to them as a gift, sought to fulfill God's will for humanity.
Page 218
Humanity has been working hard to create a better world.
But in any era, people who lived in that era did not find the life they wanted.
In all fields, including education, science, economics, and systems, humans have made great efforts and achieved proud achievements, but human problems remain.
What's the problem? _ Page 36
We all pursue happiness, so why, instead, do we live lives filled with sighs and tears? This age-old question can be subject to numerous analyses, diagnoses, and interpretations, but the answer lies in the simplest of things.
It is because human nature is self-centered.
Page 45
Finding the true, living God is difficult even through religious practices that try to make God move in the way we want.
It is even more difficult to find God with our limited good deeds and corrupt conscience.
The human effort to find and understand a God beyond human ability is admirable, but how can we truly find God? _Page 83
God planned and executed to send the Messiah to the world and intervene in human history, thereby opening the way to restore relationships with a broken world and self-centered humanity.
Don't you need a God who intervenes in our lives and the world we live in, not through symbols or metaphors? _Page 120
The event in which God intervened in human history was the Jesus incident.
Just as God sent the Messiah Jesus into history to create a turning point in human history for humanity, who had fallen into self-centeredness and could not escape the Ringwanderung after eliminating God, God also comes to each of us in the same way.
Page 134
Those who think they can live well without God have nothing to repent for, but only regrets.
Those who can live well without God by making themselves God can do so by building their own 'country'.
They do not need the Messiah Jesus who came to judge and restore the broken world, and his new kingdom, the kingdom of God.
Page 155
It's easy to criticize the world.
Recognizing a problem is actually not that difficult if you have a little knowledge and critical thinking.
But the really hard thing is to face the fact that I too am a part of this world.
Page 188
The power that made the early Christian community possible was their belief that the kingdom of God had actually come into this world through the death and resurrection of Jesus, as he had preached.
Because they truly believed that the kingdom of God had begun, they lived under God's rule and, following the Holy Spirit given to them as a gift, sought to fulfill God's will for humanity.
Page 218
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Publisher's Review
First challenge, do you know Jesus?
It is an era where churches are common and Christians are equally common.
So everyone can know the name Jesus and can tell about his deeds and the miracles he performed.
But surprisingly, few people can pinpoint exactly what Jesus' core teachings were.
Many people are enthusiastic about Jesus, but they don't know what Jesus really taught and practiced with all his heart.
Perhaps they are deliberately turning a blind eye, pretending not to see, and worshipping the image of Jesus they desire.
The Challenge of the Kingdom of God presents the essence of Jesus' teachings.
If that Jesus is unfamiliar to you, you must respond to the first challenge of this book.
Is your Jesus real?
Second challenge: Is evangelism possible?
Due to the mistakes of some Korean churches and Christians, the status of Christianity has fallen to an unspeakable level.
In this situation, bringing up Christianity or Jesus to a non-believer is similar to recommending junk food as the world's best medicine.
"Everyone knows, so you want me to eat it? Just tell them you're doing business," he said with a cold look.
As a result, evangelism became almost impossible.
The Challenge of the Kingdom of God asks you:
Is that really so? Have you ever preached Jesus, pondered his teachings, and examined how they differ from those of other religions or the alternatives of the wise?
If you have tried to evaluate and spread Jesus' Christianity through the futile efforts of the Korean church today, you must respond to the second challenge of this book.
Is your gospel alive?
Third challenge: Will people change?
Above all, the biggest problem for Korean Christians is themselves.
All testimony is confined to the Bible and the pulpit, and does not penetrate beyond those boundaries into the daily lives of individuals.
The teachings of the Bible, which remain merely as good stories, are good to hear and true, but they lack power.
First of all, I don't have high expectations because it is a 'dead' story that cannot be verified by Christians themselves.
This book forces us to confront the unchanging nature of daily life and life.
If you thought Christianity was a no-brainer, you must respond to the third challenge in this book.
Are you okay, not someone else? Are you really okay with living the way you are?
The final challenge, will the world change?
It is absurd to dream of a world transformation with the gospel of Christianity, which cannot change a single person or a single church.
It has been too long since we lost the grand story of Christianity that has been passed down from the beginning, buried in privatized Christianity.
Even Christians take for granted that the world can change through human effort, through individual awakening and solidarity.
To those who do not question human possibility, The Challenge of the Kingdom of God asks:
So, will we change? Do you really believe it's possible? If you still harbor doubts about human progress, you must respond to the final challenge of this book.
Can humans govern and run their own world justly?
It is an era where churches are common and Christians are equally common.
So everyone can know the name Jesus and can tell about his deeds and the miracles he performed.
But surprisingly, few people can pinpoint exactly what Jesus' core teachings were.
Many people are enthusiastic about Jesus, but they don't know what Jesus really taught and practiced with all his heart.
Perhaps they are deliberately turning a blind eye, pretending not to see, and worshipping the image of Jesus they desire.
The Challenge of the Kingdom of God presents the essence of Jesus' teachings.
If that Jesus is unfamiliar to you, you must respond to the first challenge of this book.
Is your Jesus real?
Second challenge: Is evangelism possible?
Due to the mistakes of some Korean churches and Christians, the status of Christianity has fallen to an unspeakable level.
In this situation, bringing up Christianity or Jesus to a non-believer is similar to recommending junk food as the world's best medicine.
"Everyone knows, so you want me to eat it? Just tell them you're doing business," he said with a cold look.
As a result, evangelism became almost impossible.
The Challenge of the Kingdom of God asks you:
Is that really so? Have you ever preached Jesus, pondered his teachings, and examined how they differ from those of other religions or the alternatives of the wise?
If you have tried to evaluate and spread Jesus' Christianity through the futile efforts of the Korean church today, you must respond to the second challenge of this book.
Is your gospel alive?
Third challenge: Will people change?
Above all, the biggest problem for Korean Christians is themselves.
All testimony is confined to the Bible and the pulpit, and does not penetrate beyond those boundaries into the daily lives of individuals.
The teachings of the Bible, which remain merely as good stories, are good to hear and true, but they lack power.
First of all, I don't have high expectations because it is a 'dead' story that cannot be verified by Christians themselves.
This book forces us to confront the unchanging nature of daily life and life.
If you thought Christianity was a no-brainer, you must respond to the third challenge in this book.
Are you okay, not someone else? Are you really okay with living the way you are?
The final challenge, will the world change?
It is absurd to dream of a world transformation with the gospel of Christianity, which cannot change a single person or a single church.
It has been too long since we lost the grand story of Christianity that has been passed down from the beginning, buried in privatized Christianity.
Even Christians take for granted that the world can change through human effort, through individual awakening and solidarity.
To those who do not question human possibility, The Challenge of the Kingdom of God asks:
So, will we change? Do you really believe it's possible? If you still harbor doubts about human progress, you must respond to the final challenge of this book.
Can humans govern and run their own world justly?
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: April 11, 2019
- Page count, weight, size: 248 pages | 322g | 150*200*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791188255313
- ISBN10: 1188255312
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