Being currently occupied with the translating Tom Wright's commentary on Romans, these things are a lot on my mind. Therefore, I'm especially happy that even the German weekly Die Süddeutsche has something to say about the kingdom of God:

Christian faith was never meant to be an individualistic private affair, but to be a public, and also always political affair of a community. Originally, God invented his people for himself, so that it would get rid of the misery of the world.

Peter Aschoff writes a few good thoughts on the article. Simon de Vries probably understood the article in a rather different way than me, and I am curious to see the follow-up articles in his blog.