Kingdom First: Lessons Learned and Fulfillment Gained by Seeking God’s Kingdom in a Troubled World
Ebook
Overview
We live in difficult times for both the culture and the church. Believers can find fulfillment and assurance by endeavoring to follow the call of Jesus in Matt 6:33 to “seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness.” This book is full of stories that indicate ways in which believers can be helped to live as Jesus proposes. Such a life is not easy, and everyone faces struggles, but it is worthwhile. In God’s kingdom believers experience new values, caring community, vibrant worship, and leadership in various forms, which grow out of Christian character. Whatever the chaos of the present world, believers can live truthfully, hopefully, compassionately and with a listening ear to the needs of the world around us.
Kingdom First is a deeply personal yet universally resonant exploration of what it means to truly seek first the kingdom of God in an unraveling world. With rich storytelling, practical wisdom, and spiritual insight, Bob bridges the gap between ancient truths and modern struggles. This book is not merely a reflection on faith—it is a call to action, urging believers to live authentically, build transformative communities, and embody the hope of Christ in everyday life.
——Alan Hirsch, founder, Movement Leaders Collective
In Kingdom First, a wise sage offers up priceless lessons on being Christians in these post-Christendom times. Drawing on years of ministry experience, with stories across several different cultures, Bob Roxburgh reminds us of some simple practices of being Christ’s church in the culture. After years of fatigue, grasping for the straws of church success, Kingdom First comes to us as a gift. Read it slowly and allow yourself the time to be renewed in a vision for the church for these disruptive times.
——David Fitch, Lindner Chair of Theology, Northern Seminary, Chicago
This is a book rich in wisdom, insight, and experience. The combination of knowledge and the delightful recounting of stories makes an enjoyable and memorable read. The last chapter on leadership is particularly helpful and readers may well wish to read this chapter a number of times. Bob’s wide experience of different cultures and context’s helps him to convey the lessons of a lifetime.
——Martin Robinson, national moderator emeritus, Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland
Bob has been thinking and talking about the church all his life. Like many of us, he believes it should be missional. But missional for Bob means people not programs, stories not strategies, disciples not decisions. I am delighted he has put all of this into a book. As the present incumbent of his beloved Millmead, I heartily recommend Kingdom First to you.
——Ian Stackhouse, senior pastor, Millmead, Guildford Baptist Church, United Kingdom
Take a walk down memory lane in the company of an experienced leader whose considered reflections provide not only insights into the man himself but to the values that shaped his life and contributed to him having a remarkable, fruitful ministry. Accompany him and gain wisdom and encouragement from his life’s journey.
——Roy Searle, cofounder, Northumbrian Community
Bob shares his warm and wise anecdotes around the frame of living in and for the kingdom of God. He shares thoughtfully and vulnerably from a life lived in service to the King and his people across denominational and international boundaries. His immersion in Scripture and his able application of God’s word in this strange post-Christendom location offer food for the journey and encouragement for the road.
——Len Hjalmarson, author of No Home Like Place
- Title: Kingdom First: Lessons Learned and Fulfillment Gained by Seeking God’s Kingdom in a Troubled World
- Authors: Robert Roxburgh, Stanley Biggs
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2025
- Pages: 164
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385241118, 9798385241095, 9798385241101
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385241118
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-23T00:27:50Z
Robert Roxburgh has lived, been educated, and pastored churches in all three countries of England, Canada, and the USA, where he earned his doctorate at Northern Seminary, Chicago. He has lectured worldwide on the renewal of the church. He is author of Renewal Down to Earth (1987). He has now retired from ministry as well as sixty years of motorcycling and soccer. He lives with his wife Brenda in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.