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A transaction with God?

By Dave Henning / March 14, 2024

“[The do to be tree] is a ruse that blinds and blurs because it shifts us from a relationship with God to a transaction with God.  Whenever we believe that we will be blessed (more loved by God) because of something we do, we become much less like God, and we lose sight of our […]

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Life through Jesus’ eyes

By Dave Henning / March 13, 2024

“What if you are only one revelation away from a new kind of joy that transcends your circumstances?  As we’ll discover, life through Jesus’ eyes isn’t a mere pleasantry — it is a gateway to power over the darkness.  Miracles happen when we see as Jesus does.”- Alan Wright Alan Wright concludes his Introduction to […]

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Seeing is what matters

By Dave Henning / March 12, 2024

“No amount of self-talk or willpower can change us if we are seeing things incorrectly.  Our good intentions and vows to be better don’t make us better. . . .  Seeing is what matters.  What we see.  How we see.  If we see.”- Alan Wright (emphasis author’s) “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he […]

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Concrete fact – the Resurrection

By Dave Henning / March 10, 2024

“The Resurrection, not taken as a symbol but believed as concrete fact, will lift up the downtrodden, and will change the world.  Belief in a final judgement gives us enough hope so that we will neither resort to violence to bring in justice nor give in and collaborate with injustice.”- Timothy Keller Timothy Keller concludes […]

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Our champion of salvation

By Dave Henning / March 9, 2024

“Through death [Jesus] broke its power . . . How did he do this?  He did so as ‘our champion.’ “- Timothy Keller “[God] made the champion of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.”- Hebrews 2:10 (Pastor Keller’s translation) Timothy Keller moves on in Chapter 8 of Making Sense of God as he talks […]

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Great challenge to human hope

By Dave Henning / March 8, 2024

“The great challenge to human hope is not just the question of where history is going but of where we are going.  The great problem is how to have a human hope that can make sense of death, stand up to death, and help us to face the fear of death and even triumph over […]

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Look for Christ – find Him

By Dave Henning / March 7, 2024

“The principle runs through all life from top to bottom, Give up yourself, and you will find your real self.  Lose your life and you will save it. . . .  Nothing that you have not given away will really be yours.  Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the […]

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Our primary audience – God

By Dave Henning / March 6, 2024

“Walking with God, who always sees us and loves us, brings a new integrity and sense of self.  We cannot and do not simply blend into each new setting. . . .  We are not merely a set of dramatic roles, changing every time we play to a new set of spectators, because God is […]

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Not achieved but received

By Dave Henning / March 5, 2024

“Here we see the richness, complexity, and startling distinctiveness of the Christian approach to identity.  Paul can say, ‘God judges me,’ not with alarm but with confidence.  Why?  Because unlike traditional or secular culture, a Christian’s identity is not achieved but received.”- Timothy Keller (emphasis author’s) “I care very little if I am judged by […]

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Spiritually speaking – no self

By Dave Henning / March 4, 2024

“What is called the secular mentality consists simply of such men, who, so to speak, mortgage themselves to the world.  They use their capacities, amass money, carry on enterprises . . . perhaps [to] make a name in history; but themselves they are not.  Spiritually speaking, they have no self, no self for whose sake […]

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Go get your own identity?

By Dave Henning / March 3, 2024

“At one time people got their self-image from connecting to something more important than their individual interests — to God, or family, or nation, or some cultural configuration of all three.  Now we have to go get our own identity.”- Timothy Keller Timothy Keller concludes Chapter 6 of Making Sense of God as he notes […]

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Get to the bottom of ourselves

By Dave Henning / March 2, 2024

“We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own.  We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love, and learning.”- Robert Bellah et al., Habits of the Heart As Timothy Keller moves on in Chapter 6 of Making Sense of God, he notes that our […]

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