today i want to do something very interesting i want to talk about what they never talk about in bible schools and in seminaries i have a degree in theology from a university a very famous one here in america i competed three bachelor’s degrees from that universities all in four years i obtained a master’s degree with honor and i have in my possession now over five doctorate degrees bestowed upon me by universities and after all of that i’ve never heard any school no seminary no bible school make that statement you see there
they just don’t teach kingdom theology matter of fact the term is not even mentioned and as i sat in my classes in university four years studying theology they made me read german writers they made me read catholic priests like sin augustine they made me study commentaries by calvin john wesley they made me study the deep thinkers that dealt with eschatology and rapture and all this stuff but no one talked to me about the kingdom and it’s the only message jesus preached so i am challenging all schools i don’t care
how famous they are if you claim to be teaching and preparing people for the ministry all for life why don’t you focus on what jesus focused on which is the kingdom so i call it the original purpose of god let’s talk about theology a little bit because most of you like just like me you are laymen you are a business person you are a retiree you are an investor you are a housewife maybe a secretary or maybe you are just a student whatever you are big words like theology frighten you so i thought it would be good to talk to
you a little bit about some of these misconceptions about what things mean first of all make this statement write it down christianity is a religion that is a very sad statement but it’s true if you ask anybody to name the first four great religions of the world the answer would be christianity islam hinduism buddhism in other words christianity is thrown in with the rest if you look at a form that you have to fill out and it asks you what is your religion and there’s a blank you’ll probably put christianity because that’s what it is
