Summary of Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert's When Helping Hurts

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The mission of Jesus was and is to preach the good news of the kingdom of God, to say to one and all, I am the King of kings and Lord of lords, and I am using My power to fix everything that sin has ruined.
#2 The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Jesus came to earth to save us from our sins so that we can go to heaven. But his message is much more grand and sweeping than this. He is the King who is bringing healing to the entire cosmos.
#3 The disciples asked Jesus if He was the Messiah, and Jesus answered that He was. He preached the good news of the kingdom, and He showed the good news of the kingdom. His deeds were essential to proving that He was the Messiah.
#4 Many Christians, like the pastor of the church Charles grew up in, believed that Christianity primarily consisted of keeping one’s soul pure by avoiding alcohol, drugs, and sexual impurity. There was little now of the kingdom for them apart from the saving of souls.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Jesus
• Jesús de Nazaret
• Jésus de Nazareth
• Christian Living
• Social Issues
• Philosophie et théologie
• Sexualité
• sexualité
• Sexualité

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 30 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669395805
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert's When Helping Hurts
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The mission of Jesus was and is to preach the good news of the kingdom of God, to say to one and all, I am the King of kings and Lord of lords, and I am using My power to fix everything that sin has ruined.

#2

The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Jesus came to earth to save us from our sins so that we can go to heaven. But his message is much more grand and sweeping than this. He is the King who is bringing healing to the entire cosmos.

#3

The disciples asked Jesus if He was the Messiah, and Jesus answered that He was. He preached the good news of the kingdom, and He showed the good news of the kingdom. His deeds were essential to proving that He was the Messiah.

#4

Many Christians, like the pastor of the church Charles grew up in, believed that Christianity primarily consisted of keeping one’s soul pure by avoiding alcohol, drugs, and sexual impurity. There was little now of the kingdom for them apart from the saving of souls.

#5

The church must have a Christ-centered, fully rounded kingdom perspective to answer the question: What would Jesus do.

#6

The church must follow Christ’s footsteps and spread the good news among the hurting, the weak, and the poor. God’s chosen people, the nation of Israel, were to point forward to the coming King by foreshadowing what He would be like.

#7

The Old Testament describes how God was enraged with the Israelites for not caring for the poor and oppressed, and He wanted His people to help those in need. The church is the body, bride, and fullness of Jesus Christ, and when people see the church, they should see the embodiment of Jesus.

#8

The church’s task is to embody Jesus Christ by doing what He did and what He continues to do through her: declare that Jesus is the King of kings and Lord of lords, who is bringing in a kingdom of righteousness, justice, and peace.

#9

The early church’s engagement with suffering people was crucial to its explosive growth. The Christian concept of self-sacrificial love of others, which originated from God’s love for them, was a revolutionary concept to the pagan mind.

#10

Christianity revitalized life in Greco-Roman cities by providing new norms and new kinds of social relationships able to cope with many urgent urban problems.

#11

The idea that the church should be on the front lines of ministry to the poor is not a new concept in the North American context. However, this all changed at the start of the twentieth century as evangelicals battled theological liberals over the fundamental tenets of Christianity.

#12

The local church must care for the spiritual and physical needs of the poor, but the Bible does not dictate that only the local church should do so. Christians have the freedom to choose the extent and manner in which they want to minister to the poor, either directly or indirectly.

#13

The Great Reversal has shaped the North American church’s mission strategies since the late nineteenth century. Many missionaries have focused on evangelism to save people’s souls, but have sometimes neglected to make disciples of all nations.

#14

The healing of the kingdom cannot be stopped. And announcing this good news, which is the gospel of the kingdom, is the reason that Jesus Christ came to earth.

#15

Reflect on your answer to the question why Jesus came to earth. How has your answer shaped the way you live your life. How might you live a life that more fully reflects a Christ-centered, kingdom perspective.

#16

The World Bank, which was established at the end of World War II to help rebuild Europe, tried to help low-income countries by lending them money on generous terms to promote economic growth and poverty reduction. However, this did not work in places like India.

#17

The poor in North America tend to describe their poverty in terms of a lack of material things, while the poor in low-income countries typically describe their poverty in terms of a lack of meaning, purpose, and hope.

#18

The way we define poverty is important in determining the solutions we use to alleviate it. If we treat only the symptoms or if we misdiagnose the underlying problem, we will not improve their situation.

#19

The symptoms of poor people look the same around the world: they do not have sufficient material things. However, the underlying diseases behind those symptoms are not always very apparent and can differ from person to person.

#20

The disease of poverty can be diagnosed by looking at the fundamental nature of reality. Humans are inherently relational beings, and when these relationships are functioning properly, people are able to fulfill their callings of glorifying God by working and supporting themselves and their families with the fruit of that work.

#21

The four relationships that humans have with one another, with God, with themselves, and with the rest of creation are the building blocks of life. The way that humans create culture - including economic, social, political, and religious systems - reflects our basic commitments to God, self, others, and the rest of creation.

#22

The arrows connecting the individual to the systems point both ways. People affect systems, and systems affect people. As humans engage in cultural activity, they are unpacking a creation that Christ created, sustains, and as we will see later, redeems.

#23

The four key relationships highlight the fact that human beings are multifaceted, and that poverty-alleviation efforts should be multifaceted as well. We must remember that humans are spiritual, social, psychological, and physical beings, and that the entire creation matters.

#24

The grand story of Scripture does not end with creation. The effects of the fall are manifest in the economic, social, religious, and political systems that humans have created throughout history.

#25

While the good creation is deeply distorted, it retains some of its inherent goodness. Flowers are still pretty, babies bring joy to everyone, and people are often kind to one another.

#26

Every human being is poor in the sense of not experiencing these four relationships in the way that God intended. We are all simply incapable of being what God created us to be and are unable to experience the fullness of joy that God designed for these relationships.

#27