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Most Christians would never admit it, but the people living out the Kingdom of God with the most force and focus might not be sitting in any church pew. That is not a provocation. It is a conclusion drawn directly from the Greek text of Matthew 11:12, and Promise follows the thread with unflinching honesty in this fourth instalment of his landmark series.
Through the stories of a Hungarian biochemist who accepted demotion rather than abandon her research, scientists whose curiosity led to a cure for sickle cell disease, and a surgeon in Seoul whose patients walk again, this article holds up a mirror that most believers would rather not look into. The reflection it shows is startling: the Kingdom was never defined by vocabulary, church attendance, or doctrinal fluency. It was defined by the force of a person's pursuit. And some of the most "forceful ones" Jesus described have never once set foot inside a Sunday service. What does that mean for those of us who have?
