Discovering Paul’s Kingdom Perspective
Did Paul teach the kingdom of God? Why do some perceive a tension between the teachings of Jesus and Paul on this topic? Marlin Sommers explains his personal journey with coming to an understanding of the kingdom, and how this theme runs through all of Scripture, not just in the Gospels.
Episodes
The Importance of the Kingdom of God – Episode with John D. Martin
Exile and the Storyline of the Bible – Episode with Paul Lamicela
Jesus’ Genealogy Is NOT Boring – Paul Lamicela
Books
Divine Conspiracy – Dallas Willard
The Kingdom That Turned the World Upside Down – David Bercot
Why the Gospel? – Matthew Bates
Episode Guest Info
Marlin Sommers
Marlin and Meredith live with their five precious children in southeast Tennessee. Marlin has been trained in philosophy and carpentry, and enjoys pushing into other areas, such as mechanics and biblical Greek. Marlin works at Kingdom Channels and Anabaptist Perspectives in finance, communications, and other roles that are harder to describe. He is slowly endeavoring to put his public brain on his website marlin.work.
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Reagan Schrock
Reagan is a member of Wellspring Mennonite Church and lives with his wife Patricia in southeast Tennessee. Reagan, along with Jaran, started Anabaptist Perspectives in 2017, and serves in leadership in the organization, in addition to being deeply involved in overseas missions work.
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Marlin Sommers
2 weeks ago
Thanks Kevin! And thanks for pushing me to in these areas.
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Kevin Shenk
2 weeks ago
Great conversation guys! I’m really enjoying the writings of Matthew Bates recently. Thanks for introducing me to him Marlin!