I’ve noticed a trend in my life. When it comes to my worldview, the way I see reality, the way I see the Scriptures… I believe in a faith that focuses on God’s in-breaking future reality in the present. I believe in a Kingdom that each day can be realized “on earth as in heaven.” I believe in the final renewal of “all things” the final union of heaven and earth when Christ returns. But, for me, this isn’t some future reality with zero ramifications on the present.
This future hope draws me to believe that we can both experience and be signs of God’s eventual future New Creation, today! Justice for the poor, the blind receiving sight, living as peacemakers and opposing violence, miracles that demonstrate our proper place as good gardeners of creation, authentic communal relationships – these all matter today as God’s Spirit draws towards the both presently inaugurated and future consummated reign of Christ on the earth. Christian faith is rooted in the historical “here and now,” with the affirmation that this world matters both today and tomorrow!
Therefore, what we do in the present “here and now” is immensely important.
One of the greatest struggles that many of us have with the version of Christianity that we inherited is that it often focused solely on tomorrow. Continue Reading…




