There Are No Spectators in Christ’s Kingdom

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Matt Jury under David W. Henderson

Anybody who thinks that Christianity is boring has not seen much of real Christianity. It is active, engaged, a laying hold of the life God offers. There can be no spectators in the kingdom. When Christ comes to us, we come alive. “Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead” (Eph. 2:4-5).

David W. Henderson, Culture Shift (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998), 92.

Do We Need to Make the Bible Relevant?

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Matt Jury under David W. Henderson

It is not our place to make the Bible relevant, but it is unquestionably our place to communicate the relevance of the Bible. Only then is it really heard.

David W. Henderson, Culture Shift (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998), 34.

The Divine Sugar Daddy

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Matt Jury under David W. Henderson

We forget God is not primarily in the business of meeting needs. When we make Him out to be, we squeeze Him out of His rightful place at the center of our lives and put ourselves in His place. God is in the business of being God. Christianity cannot be reduced to God meeting people’s needs, and when we attempt to do so, we invariably distort the heart of the Christian message.

David W. Henderson, Culture Shift (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998), 29.

Twice Loved and Twice Owned

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Matt Jury under David W. Henderson

In God’s jurisdiction, esteem and identity are not bought but imbued. We are twice love and twice owned. God made us, and then bought us at a price. It is from those events, creation and redemption, that a sense of our enormous value and distinctiveness as Christians is derived. In Christ, our fallen nature is restored and our fragile identity is reestablished. We are declared ‘God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved’ (Col. 3.12).

David W. Henderson, Culture Shift (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998), 65.