Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52
Sermon
Wayne Brouwer
... in the world." God doesn't have his own political party, though a few small groups attempt to lay claim to him as leader. Back in 1951, shortly before he was forced from his throne by a military coup, King Farouk of Egypt confided bitterly to British Lord Boyd-Orr, "There will soon be only five kings left — the kings of England, diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs." That is sometimes the way we see the kingdom of God, sifted through the world like the kings in a deck of cards. The king of heaven may have ...