A Church Without Walls
My name is Mike Neelley. As a pastor and spiritual director, A Church Without Walls, seeks to create content and spaces for people to connect with the love of God the Father, the presence of the living Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit - right here, right now, whoever you are, wherever you are.
A Church Without Walls
Powers, Principalities and Renouncing the Idolatry of Nationalism
We are doing a deep dive into the Scriptures with Bob Ekblad as we cover a lot of biblical terrain regarding what are called "powers and principalities." The path leads us to some key scriptures where Paul describes idolatry as serving the creature instead of the Creator and Jesus saying we cannot serve two masters. As we discern how we are to respond to powers and principalities, the first step for all of us must be to renounce the idolatry of nationalism. Unless we break with our brand of nationalism and are born from above, we will not see the kingdom of God, but will only see our particular nationalistic ideas of what kingdom looks like. Let's explore!