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Ben Sasse Addresses The Gospel Coalition

April 4, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Ben Sasse Addresses The Gospel Coalition

U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) at The Gospel Coalition’s annual conference pointed out that our hope and the answers we seek does not come from Washington.

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Ben Sasse, Kingdom of God, Politics, The Gospel Coalition

Should Evangelical Leaders Endorse Donald Trump?

June 27, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Should Evangelical Leaders Endorse Donald Trump?

Shane Vander Hart: Publicly endorsing Donald Trump is putting one’s seal of approval on his character, his record, and his rhetoric and all it entails.

Filed Under: Election Central Tagged With: Abraham Kuyper, Christians and politics, Chuck Colson, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, God & Government, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Man, Russell Kirk

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Our Upside Down World

November 6, 2014 By Brian Myers

Caffeinated Thought of the Day: Our Upside Down World

Brian Myers: With everything being turned upside down it’s at times like these it’s comforting to know that the Kingdom of God is not of this world.

Filed Under: Caffeinated Thoughts Radio, Cultural Issues Tagged With: culture, Kingdom of God

Eight Theses on God and Government

November 6, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Eight Theses on God and Government

God is sovereign, no matter the outcome of the election God is in control. Sam Storm shares 8 theses on God and government that Christians should consider.

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: featured, God's sovereignty, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Man, Sam Storms

Rob Bell’s Gospel

March 5, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

With the recent controversy surrounding Rob Bell’s soon-to-be-released book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived I thought it would be helpful to republish at Caffeinated Theology a post I wrote at Caffeinated Thoughts on November 21, 2008 to provide a framework for future remarks I […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Gospel, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Kingdom of God, Rob Bell

Mystery and Victory (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

August 24, 2010 By Caffeinated Thoughts

50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Kingdom of God, victory over death

Chuck Colson: God’s Response to Human Nature

July 7, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

Chuck Colson: God’s Response to Human Nature

Chuck Colson, former special counsel to President Richard Nixon and founder of Prison Fellowship explained in his book God & Government that God instituted Government as a check to our nature and has a limited but important role in our lives: Government is, in one sense, God’s response to the nature of the people themselves.  […]

Filed Under: U.S. Politics Tagged With: Chuck Colson, God & Government, Kingdom of God, role of government

The Limits of Politics and the Kingdom of God

June 11, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

The Limits of Politics and the Kingdom of God

A comment I read related to Eric’s post on what evangelicals can learn from Tuesday’s Iowa Republican Primary (actually these lessons can be applied anywhere) saddened me.  The person, an evangelical, wrote: Evangelicals must remember our calling to further God’s kingdom before our own. That looks different to each of us as God places different […]

Filed Under: Iowa News & Politics Tagged With: Bob Vander Plaats, Evangelical Right, evangelicals and politics, Iowa Republican Gubernatorial Primary Results, Kingdom of God, Terry Branstad

Conflicting Kingdoms

April 6, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

Conflicting Kingdoms

The Apostle Paul paints a picture of a Christian being somebody who is in limbo of sorts.  We live in the world, but it is yet not our home.  Some of our brothers and sisters in Christ live in places and settings that are downright hostile outwardly.  Others in situations that seem more benign, but […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Augustine, Kingdom of God, kingdoms of this world, Michael Horton, The City of God, The Gospel-Driven Life

Latte Links (3/23/10)

March 23, 2010 By Shane Vander Hart

Ok, I need a break from health care reform news and so do you.  Actually this post will only have non-political links.  We need a break occasionally, besides Caffeinated Thoughts is supposed to be stimulating musings on the news, politics, culture, life and theology.  This past week I think it was only stimulating musings on […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: Atheism, churches in New England, God's majesty, God's sovereignty, history of science, Kingdom of God, moral relativism, morality, neo-calvinists, Reformed, Sanctification, suicide

Are You Homesick for Heaven?

October 6, 2009 By Shane Vander Hart

D.A. Carson answers a question on the kingdom of God, and says that we currently in the United States are living in a generation that mostly isn’t homesick for heaven.  His comment on the pastor he knows in Soweto is very powerful and sobering. Are you homesick for heaven?  Is Carson right in his rebuke […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: D.A. Carson, Eschatology, Heaven, Kingdom of God

Latte Links (5/19)

May 19, 2009 By Shane Vander Hart

1.  Craig Robinson – “At The Intersection of Faith and Politics” Ever since the Iowa Supreme Court issued decision allowing gay marriage in Iowa, my faith has been intertwined with my politics. To be honest, the two have been a jumbled mess for most of my life. My faith instills in me principles that are […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: Angry Nerds, Barack Obama, Conservatism, Discipleship, Faith and Politics, GOP candidates, Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Methodist Conference, Iowa Supreme Court, Jeremiah Wright, Kingdom of God, Prayer, prayer posture, the Cross of Christ

What’s the Gospel?

November 21, 2008 By Shane Vander Hart

I finished up reading Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell and Don Golden.  Reading the Epilogue the following quote made me throw the book across the room (not really, it is a library book, and I would never do that to a library book). Jesus wants to save us from making the good […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Gospel, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Kingdom of God, Rob Bell

To Be Ruled, Not Rule

September 17, 2008 By Shane Vander Hart

I’ve been reading God & Government: An Insider’s View On The Boundaries Between Faith & Politics by Charles Colson.  In the chapter “King Without a Country” Colson describes the political atmosphere of first century Palestine, and how His Kingdom was received then.  Not much differently than how it is received now.  He writes: His message, […]

Filed Under: Cultural Issues Tagged With: Charles Colson, church and state, Faith and Politics, God & Government, Kingdom of God

Podcast: Jesus, The Old Testament & You (Matthew 5:17-20)

May 11, 2008 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane continues on with the Sermon on the Mount series at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Indianola we look at Matthew 5:17-20 which is often misinterpreted and misunderstood.  Exactly what is Jesus’ relationship to the prophets and the law?  How does Jesus view the Old Testament?  What is the Christian’s responsibility regarding Old Testament law? You […]

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Gospel and Law, Grace Evangelical Free Church of Indianola, Jesus and the Old Testament, Kingdom of God, Matthew 5:17-20, Righteousness, Sermon on the Mount, Sermons, Sermons, Shane Vander Hart

Podcast: The Pursuit of Happiness (Part II) (Matthew 5:7-12)

April 15, 2008 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane wraps up the Beatitudes – Matthew 5:7-12. Sermon given at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Indianola, IA on Sunday, 4/13/08. http://www.archive.org/download/ShaneVanderHartThePursuitofHappiness_Part2_/080413ThePursuitofHappinessPart2.mp3Podcast: Download | Embed

Filed Under: Faith & Theology Tagged With: Beatitudes, Character of a Christian, Grace Evangelical Free Church of Indianola, Kingdom of God, Matthew 5:7-12, Sermon on the Mount, Sermons, Sermons, Shane Vander Hart

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