Today the Christian faith is moving through one of the greatest sea changes in its two thousand year history and we can no longer assume we know exactly what kind of animal preaching is or ought to be. Choosing the Kingdom is both a work of theology and a howto guide for preachers who want to rethink both the form and the content of their preaching to move a congregation from maintenance to mission. As a postChristendom church reorients itself toward the mission of God what might preaching look like If were truly living through one of the great sea changes in the history of the Christian faith can preaching remain the same Do we speak as bureaucrats in an imperial hierarchy anticipating automatic acceptance of our message or as servants of the reign of God bringing news of Gods activity in history as fresh as todays headlines Is the announcement of the gospel a demand for submission or an invitation to wisdom Choosing the Kingdom explores these issues and offers an entirely new orientation to sermon preparation. It offers concrete suggestions for a reconception of preaching for those whose imaginations have already been captured by the possibilities inherent in a missional identity.