Luke's Kingdom: the Other Half of the Gospel

There is a new world coming -- a far, far better world, and it is called the "Kingdom of God". That was and is the inescapable theme of the gospel of Luke, the almost forgotten message of Jesus Christ.

Luke's Kingdom takes a closer look at that message, the kingdom vision that energized the Early Church as it set out to proclaim the "good news" of a new world order, the literal government of God on earth -- and the forceful intervention of God in human affairs, not only to save Israel from her enemies, but, as we shall see later, to the rescue the whole world from the total self-destruction.

Unfortunately, that shining vision sometimes now seems faded -- by sheer neglect and the scriptural ignorance of too many Christians, by the unbelief of so many of their supposed leaders, and by the relentless attacks of erudite but spiritually blind scholars determined to undermine the authority of the Bible as the inspired Word of God.

This brief commentary revisits that vision, focusing on the key kingdom teachings of Jesus as recorded by Luke -- the neglected message that might well be called the "Other Half of the Gospel".