Kingdom Values Quotes

American churches have too often been content to function as a kind of vaguely spiritual NGO... Too often it has not been a community that through its preaching and living bears witness to another way to live.

Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God.

Government serves Christ's kingdom rule; this is its purpose. And Christians' purpose in politics should be to advance the kingdom of God - to make it more real, more tangible, more present.

When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

We need voices that help us critique our social, political, and economic views through Kingdom lenses. The women and men who compose the global body of Christ can help challenge us in very important ways.

When we pursue kingdom principles above His presence, we are looking for the kingdom without a king.