Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream

The Goal of God’s Story of Change

(Isa. 9:6–7)

Now move forward approximately seven hundred years from the time of Isaiah.

To be human is to be for something, directed toward something, oriented toward something. To be human is to be on the move, pursuing something, after something…. We are not just static containers for ideas; we are dynamic creatures directed toward some end.1

Christ is the center of history because His life, death, and resurrection change

relationships with God,

Why aren’t we talking about poor people and how to help them?

Unbelievers do not reside in some neutral, demilitarized zone between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan.

Hence, the way to a person’s heart is to capture their imagination (mind), move their emotions (affections), and challenge their actions (will).