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Kingdom Come: Essential theology for the twenty-first century

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Kingdom Come makes essential theological topics relevant and readable without diluting the Gospel message, drawing on the work of thinkers such as Augustine, John Calvin, George MacDonald, Karl Barth, C. S. Lewis, J. I. Packer and N. T. Wright.

This book is essential reading for anyone in, or training for, church leadership: clergy, pastors, students, ordinands, preachers, and teachers.

MANY books are published each year for the benefit of “busy preachers and teachers”; fewer take sufficient account of the lack of time for reading such volumes, as the weekly sermon deadline looms yet again. The eight chapters of Kingdom Come comprise a handy starting-point for reflection, encouraging that busy preacher or teacher to avoid falling back on well-worn (and, truth be told, worn-out) truisms.

Mark has gifted us a rare book that combines robust theology, pastoral insight, and missiological relevance. I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone keen to deepen their understanding of the gospel and committed to renewal and mission in the twenty-first century.

This book brings theological clarity to the essence of the gospel of the Kingdom, and it encourages, equips, challenges and inspires believers in Jesus Christ to re-present Him in word and deed in our world today.

Mark Philps

Mark Philps grew up with his mother and younger brother in Cornwall, where they had moved from London after his father died when he was four years old. Mark went away to boarding schools, and came to faith as an undergraduate at Oxford.

Part of his experience of conversion was a sense of call to ordained ministry, which for a time he dismissed as something anybody who had come to faith as an adult would naturally feel called to. Being doubtful about exploring ordination he went on to London University to study linguistics, in which he had become interested as part of my Russian studies at Oxford.

The sense of call to ordination did not go away, so Mark decided to find a job as part of gaining life experience before taking any positive steps towards testing a vocation. He spent two years as a Russian Language Monitor at the BBC in Caversham. During this time he married Caroline, whom he had met in London.

Towards the end of Mark’s time at the BBC he was accepted for training for ministry and subsequently moved to Nottingham, where they lived for three years. His first appointment was in East London, where their first child was born with Down’s Syndrome. Caroline wrote two books about our experience (Elizabeth Joy & Mummy, why have I got Down’s Syndrome?, both published by Lion).

During his time in ministry, Mark continued to read theology and to nurture some of the ideas that are explored in Kingdom Come. After spending 35 years and four different parishes, Mark has retired and now divides his time between writing, helping out at the local parish church, and walking the family dog. 

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