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10 Characteristics of a Fatherless Society

The fact that God is referred to as Father in the New Testament and that Adam was the first person He created, followed by his wife, Eve, shows that by divine intention -civilization was originally patriarchal in nature. Also, the fact that males generally have a larger body frame and are more task-oriented than women demonstrates that, originally, man’s primary role was to protect and provide for his family while the wife was called to help him walk this out as his help mate. Of course, this is not to say that a woman was not expected to take initiative and even take the lead at times in her family — since in Christ there is no barrier when it comes to functioning in the gifts of the spirit, ministry participation, and salvation (see Galatians 3:28).

God, Politics, and the Kingdom of God

Whether Christian or non-Christian, any group that has an unbalanced concentration of power (e.g. the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11, or certain points of corruption in Western European history that compromised the Roman Catholic church, such as the Inquisition) will eventually be decentralized by God so that proper checks and balances can prosper both the civil liberties of people and the aforementioned jurisdictions.Read More

7 Cultural Shifts We Need in Church Before Societal Culture Can Shift

Most people agree that the nations of the West are headed in the wrong direction regarding morality and culture. While it is very popular in some circles to blame presidents, congress (or parliament) as well as local elected officials, the Word of God makes it clear where to place the blame.

Four Reasons Why Revival is Not Enough

I have been in countless meetings with church leaders who are impassioned to see a revival in our nation and/or in their churches and communities.

One time, after a national prayer leader spoke on the need for the church to pray for revival, I raised my hand and asked him: “For what purpose do we want revival?” He was dumbfounded by that simple question and could not really answer me.

I have found that revival in and of itself is never enough!

Apostles to Intellectuals

Nowadays, many leaders, including myself, are attempting to apply the Bible to contemporary culture so the church can function as salt and light and disciple the nations. This is nothing new. The early church grappled with the same issue of being biblical but relevant to contemporary society.

Five Models of Societal Transformation

Through the years, I have been very interested in applying the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to culture. Hence, I have been involved closely and have studied many different models regarding this subject. The concepts regarding how the church should engage culture vary from merely affecting the quality of life of a community to full-blown revival that results in transformation. The following five models summarize my observations and opinions regarding these various approaches.

The False Roman Model of the Kingdom Used Today by Evangelical Pastors

As I have been travelling the world teaching on the Kingdom of God in many large Christian leadership conferences, I have noticed something of great concern to me. Since many pastors in Latin America, Europe and North America have come from a Roman Catholic background (or a city with a heavy Roman Catholic religious paradigm), their local church application of the kingdom message reflects this influence.

Does Romans 13 Teach Absolute Obedience to Civil Government?

With many laws being passed that have an anti-Christian bias, many believers in the blogosphere are saying that we need to unequivocally submit to whatever the laws of the land are, since this is what Romans 13:1-7 teaches. In other words, acts of civil disobedience—praying in front of abortion clinics, public prayer in schools, and the arrests not so long ago of New York City pastors for praying in front of the New York City Law Department to protest the looming evictions of churches from public schools—are contrary to the word of God. According to the strict interpretation of this passage we should not only cease from all acts of civil disobedience, but we should not even complain about these laws and just pray for our civil leaders.

Seven Contemporary Extremes in the Teaching of the Kingdom of God

Almost everywhere I go believers are attempting to apply the Kingdom message to influence the cultural mountains, which are described as the major areas we need to influence in order to transform society: politics, economics, education, family, religion, arts/entertainment, and science.

Eight Essential Steps Needed to Bring Societal Transformation

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