I don’t see it that the Bible teaches that the kingdom of God is within.
I don’t pretend that the kingdom of God is utterly clear cut in Scripture. It is an intricate concept, for sure. But I don’t think it can be said that the Bible teaches that the kingdom is within us.
I am also skeptical of pointing the way to Christ without mentioning Him.
Again, all that said...I think there is plenty here for a Bible-believing Christian to make use of. I do agree that this sort of therapeutic/inward looking approach has some utility. Just why are we (ie, I, you, others, everyone) neurotic? There is some utility to trying to know yourself. But that is not absolutely necessary. The bottom line is that, as taught in Scripture, we have to know that we are sinners, in need of Christ, and that we should take every thought captive in obedience to Him. To know Him, we must know the Bible and meditate on it day and night. We must be ambitious in that regard.
And to that end....should we be aware of the awful tendency of sinful humans to resentment? Yes, indeed, we should. The author is doing a service in pointing that. Resentment (the very foundation of liberalism) is truly a deadly sin. We MUST attack it and root it out.
(But only Jesus can do that for us.....).
No offense Conservative Dude but I don’t think there is any doubt the Kingdom is within. How else would you explain the scripture below?
Luke 17:21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Yes, but Jesus is represented in the holy spirit within us and it is it that cleans us and makes us sinless eventually. Takes time with most people.