The Kingdom of Jesus: The Radical Challenge of the Message of Jesus

by Roger Forster, Andrew Walker (Foreword by)

Jesus never stopped talking about the Kingdom of God. Everything he said was concerned with it, and yet as Christians we are often unsure about what he meant. The Kingdom of Jesus unpacks this dense topic, dispelling popular myths about the Kingdom, and showing how its message is as relevant to the 21st century church as it was in Jesus' day. In this book, Roger Forster takes us through ten alternative views of what the Kingdom could mean, demonstrating how these concepts can sometimes obscure the radical nature of the message. Dispensing with these views, he introduces us to his understanding of the biblical Kingdom incorporating in his study reflections on the Sabbath, the Jubilee, the Gospel, the Church, the Son of Man, and the Sermon on the Mount. This fresh theological approach is deeply insightful, drawing extensively from Old and New Testament material and unraveling the complexities of these texts to make them accessible, uplifting and challenging.

120 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

Reviews

[Phil Whittall · Rating 2 out of 5]

1990s evangelical charismatic interpretation of the kingdom of God. I was hoping for some more application especially of the practice of the kingdom as seen in the sermon on the Mount but the discussion was incredibly brief.

Just not quite sure what, in the end, this book achieved. It says some good things but leaves too many questions begging so in the end it lacks sufficient substance to really either equip or truly inspire.