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A Critique of Ladd’s ‘Already but not Yet’ View of the Kingdom

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2022
The kingdom of God is an important subject for theology and for a Christian worldview. As one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, George Eldon Ladd is arguably the father of the widely held ‘already but not yet’ view of the ...
Jacob J. Scholtz
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The Messianism ideas in Judaism after the Babylon deportation

Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny, 2004
Dramatic events of year 587/586 triggered off a new way of thinking of Israelites over their history. It helped to think about resurrection not only in a traditional way – a ruler from the House of David, the King–Messiah and the Shepherd–Messiah.
Sylwester Jędrzejewski
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The Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Matthew

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2000
It would be entirely wrong to regard "kingdom of God" as the central motif of the New Testament. Matthew's kingdom depiction should be read against the backdrop of a (mainly) Jewish Christian community in the process of re-defining its own identity over ...
A.B. du Toit
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God’s patronage constitutes a community of compassionate equals

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
The central themes of Jesus’ preaching, the kingdom and household of God, are root metaphors expressing the symbolic universe of God’s patronage subverting patronage and patriarchy structuring contemporary Mediterranean society, thus legitimising an anti-
Gert J. Malan
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Obraz królestwa Bożego w przypowieści o sieci (Mt 13,47-50)

Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2013
The parable of the fishnet is one of the many Jesus’ parables which takes the subject of Kingdom of God. Here it is compared to the fishnet which gathers all the fish without distinction of their abilities. As Jesus already initiated Kingdom of God here,
Joanna Jaromin
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Królestwo Boże wewnątrz nas czy pośród nas?

Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 2017
In my work I focus on the Kingdom of God in Luke 17,21. Is it inside the man or among the people. One word ἐντὸς, two translations, and many interpretations. How ἐντὸς uses the Greek translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint?
Bartosz Lisiecki
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Nauka o władzy w Księdze Daniela

Verbum Vitae, 2008
In the Book of Daniel human kingdoms are presented in the context of bistory, especially in the four-kingdom schema (Dan 2 and 7) which depicts the rise and fali of kings and kingdoms. The theme of Dan 1-6 is that human kingdoms are transitory.
Marek Parchem
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Pax Romana as agtergrond van die Christelike kerugma

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
Pax Romana as background of the Christian kerygma: The concept ‘kingdom of God’ is fundamental to the kerygma on the salvific meaning of Jesus Christ in New Testament times. This article aims to explore the raison d’être why this concept had been such an
Frans J. Boshoff
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Technopolis as the Technologized Kingdom of God

Cahiers d’Études Germaniques, 2018
I propose and argue that the Technology (or technologies) of “Technopoly” (or “Technopolis” in my own modification of the term), as defined and theorized by Neil Postman, is the Religion of the 21st Century.
Marina Christodoulou
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John Calvin on the kingdom of God and eschatology

In die Skriflig, 2001
In this article the author investigates Calvin’s view on the kingdom of God and eschatology. The first question to be answered is: how does one know (anything about eschatology)? Calvin’s answer is clear: only through the Word of God.
J.H. van Wyk
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