As we begin to understand that we are citizens of a higher and greater kingdom—the kingdom of God—it supplies us with an ability to have unity even under great suffering. Suffering with unity is the sign of citizenship in God’s kingdom.

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If Jesus is our king, what is his kingdom like? Why is he concerned with expanding his kingdom? And where do we get the resources to take part in that expansion?

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We have a tendency to consider work a necessary evil, but nothing could be farther from the truth. The work we do in this world comes in a host of guises, but it’s all a necessary good. We’re called to work, and whatever conflicts or set-backs we experience, work draws us into a new community.

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Within months of Jesus’ crucifixion, the earliest Christians had begun forming relationships that crossed ethnic, religious, cultural and class boundaries in ways the world had never seen before. What did they understand about the cross that made radically diverse relationships spring up in their lives? And are the things they understood still true today?

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Part three of Brian Habig’s three-part series on the gospel and actions of love from the 2011 Fall Retreat.