A Colony of Heaven in a Country of Death

Give me his head on a platter! And so it happened that the holy man, John the Baptist, was decapitated in prison because of a grudge.

This twisted and bloody story is a contrast between two kings and two kingdoms, both then and now. Each day we chose a path in one of two kingdoms: the kingdom of the world and darkness, or the kingdom of God and light. This is why Eugene Peterson says that God forms the church to be a colony of heaven in a country of death.

This sermon on Mark 6:14-29 unpacks the darkness of this story, and highlights the contrast between our true King, and the lesser kings of the world. Ultimately, since we are “citizens of heaven” (Phil. 3:20), how might we bring heaven home?

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