At the heart of this Bible Study community is a simple conviction:
The Kingdom of God is the center of the Gospel.
We believe the Bible tells one unified story of God’s reign—God creating, redeeming, and restoring the world according to divine justice, mercy, and love. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture reveals a God who does not abandon creation but actively works to set it right.
We believe that the Kingdom of God was uniquely revealed and embodied in Jesus Christ. In his life, teachings, death, and resurrection, we see what God’s reign looks like in human form—compassionate toward the vulnerable, courageous in the face of injustice, and faithful even in suffering. Jesus did not merely speak about heaven; he announced that God’s reign had drawn near.
We believe the Kingdom of God is both already present and not yet complete. Wherever lives are transformed by grace, wherever reconciliation replaces division, wherever justice is pursued and mercy is practiced, the Kingdom becomes visible. Yet we also live in hope, trusting that God will one day fully and finally renew all things.
We believe the church is called not to own the Kingdom, but to witness to it—to be a community shaped by humility, service, truth, and love. Faith is not only something we confess; it is something we practice. The Gospel calls us beyond private belief into public faithfulness.
We believe that studying Scripture deeply, thinking theologically, and living compassionately belong together. The Kingdom of God is not an abstract doctrine but a lived reality—one that challenges us, comforts us, and continually invites us to follow Jesus more faithfully.
In short, we believe:
- God reigns.
- Jesus reveals that reign.
- The Spirit empowers us to live under it.
- And the world is not beyond redemption.
Welcome to a community seeking to learn, live, and bear witness to the Kingdom of God.
A Working Definition of the Kingdom of God
Theological Definition
The Kingdom of God is God’s active reign—made known in creation, revealed through Israel, embodied in Jesus Christ, and advanced by the Spirit—through which God is restoring the world to its intended wholeness, justice, and communion.
It is not primarily a place, an institution, or a future escape, but the dynamic rule of God breaking into human history, confronting sin and injustice, healing what is broken, and renewing creation according to God’s purposes. The Kingdom is both already present and not yet complete, fully revealed in Jesus and moving toward its fulfillment in the renewal of heaven and earth.
In Scripture, the Kingdom of God names what happens when God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven.
Practical Definition
The Kingdom of God is the lived reality of God’s reign wherever people submit their lives, communities, and systems to the way of Jesus—marked by justice, mercy, humility, reconciliation, and love.
Practically, the Kingdom is visible when:
- the poor are treated as neighbors, not problems
- power is exercised for service, not control
- forgiveness interrupts cycles of violence and resentment
- truth is spoken with courage and compassion
- communities reflect God’s concern for the least, the lost, and the overlooked
To live in the Kingdom is to align one’s life with God’s purposes, trusting that faithfulness—not dominance—is how God transforms the world.
A Series-Shaping Summary Definition
If you needed a single sentence to hold the entire series together, it might be this:
The Kingdom of God is God’s reign made visible in Jesus and embodied by a people who live for the sake of the world under God’s restoring rule.
How This Definition Grounds the Pastor Mick’s Six-Book Series
- Book 1 establishes the Kingdom as the unifying story of Scripture
- Book 2 shows Jesus as the embodiment and announcement of God’s reign
- Book 3 frames the church as witness to the Kingdom, not its owner
- Book 4 explores how the Kingdom confronts injustice and distorted power
- Book 5 focuses on formation—how Kingdom people are shaped over time
- Book 6 anchors hope in God’s promise to renew all things
Together, the series insists that the Kingdom of God is not an abstract doctrine to admire, but a reality to enter, practice, and bear witness to—here and now, while we wait for its fullness.
A Pastoral Closing Line (Optional for Teaching or Print)
You might even say it this way when teaching:
The Kingdom of God is what life looks like when God gets God’s way—and invites us to live into it.