David Kim Quotes
Every heart without Christ is a mission field; Every heart with Christ is a missionary by vocation.
All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work.
On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.
Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.
Our work is connected to much larger structures and systems that can be influenced and changed to align with God's intention to bring order and fruitfulness into the world.
One of the unique aspects of the Bible is that it is primarily a story illustrated by teaching and not primarily teaching illustrated by story.
Many Christians understand the Bible to be a collection of stories without an overarching narrative.
I encounter many Christians who've been raised in the church but never realized that there's a cohesive storyline from Genesis to Revelation.
The fast paced nature of our technologically-driven world seems to create issues that would appear to be foreign to ancient civilization.
The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work.
For various reasons, when people engage the Bible, they don't see very readily how it relates to their work.
People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they need a new vision of the Scriptures.
When the gospel enters our work in a robust way, there's a deep encouragement and renewed sense of purpose that people begin to experience sometimes for the first time.
If we begin to see how the gospel is able to change our work, it can have a profound effect on our sense of calling and the meaning behind the work that we do day-in and day-out.
If there's an Internet signal, people will always have access to God's Word and for that I'm profoundly grateful for the technology and people who've made this access to life-giving words possible.
We were created for a purpose and when our underlying assumptions don't reflect this deeper purpose, we begin to whither as human beings.
The gospel impacts the way we do our work in ways that hopefully brings a greater flourishing to our world.
The gospel changes how we view and work with others in a way that both humanizes our interactions with them and empowers them to work well.
One of the fundamental premises of this Bible is that the gospel changes everything. If this is true, how does the gospel change the very thing we spend most of our waking hours doing - work.
When God created the universe, this world beautifully and gloriously revealed his unfathomable being.
When we try to find our sense of security, value, worth from our work, we'll find ourselves anxiety-ridden and burdened.
If you think your work is ultimately about a paycheck, then that will affect the quality of your work as well as the quality of your own life.
The gospel moves us to see others as people created in God's image and that can have a profound impact on people's productivity and work satisfaction.
The gospel has brought a new identity in Christ that then allows our work to no longer be the source of our identity but the rightful expression of it.
Because of the gospel, God is doing a new work, and he invites us to participate in this innovative work that affects the entirety of our world.
