First time for everything!!

Back when us guys were reading the Divine Conspiracy, I remember commenting that I had never heard a pastor talk about the kingdom and explain the Christian life in terms of the kingdom. I can't say that anymore. Shari and I were up in Michigan at her parents church last Sunday and they had a missionary speaking. I wasn't able to get as much information as I wanted about him (after hearing him speak, I was quite curious). Apparently he works at a missionary training facility in Pasadena. I wasn't too excited to hear him speak because that is all I knew before his sermon. However, his sermon was excellent. He didn't talk at all about evangelism as we tend to think of it. He talked about how Jesus almost never talked about heaven, hell, or even church. His point was that Jesus talked all the time about existing in the kingdom of God (or kingdom of heaven). I thought it was pretty awesome. We had to leave right after the service otherwise I would have enjoyed talking with him. Anyway, I thought you guys might find it interesting also.