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Category Archives: Gospel
Truncated gospel 2
Here are some things that I think we are in danger of when we truncate the gospel like this post described. 1. We are in danger of preaching a gospel that is entirely reduced to a narrowly-defined ‘need-solution’ formula, open … Continue reading
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Do, done, will do
One of the major differences between the Gospel and the message of many other world religions can be described as the difference between ‘do’ and ‘done.’ But the Christian faith is not only about ‘done,’ it is also about ‘will … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Gospel
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Truncated gospel
‘The third unhelpful perspective I picked up in my early evangelism training concerns the gospel message itself. The particular course I studied summarised the gospel in the theological concepts of sin and grace. The goal of the presentation I had … Continue reading
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Grace messes up your hair …
If I lived in the USA I’d try really hard to go to this conference.
Posted in Conferences, Gospel
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Why Church?
We are often told that salvation is not about going to church. And there’s a sense in which that is true. Sort of. For sure, the mere act of attending a church service doesn’t ‘make’ you a Christian any more … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Evangelicalism, Gospel
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Salvation for the unevangelised? (1)
Whilst preparing for this lecture I came across all sorts of views for how it might be argued that the unevangelised can be saved. This article in particular states some of the more popular reasons for such a position. I … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Doctrine of God, Gospel, Missiology
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Political Reality
Jesus Christ is Lord. The gospel itself is a statement of political ultimate reality. That is to say, the gospel announces to us that the biggest regime change ever has already happened. Jesus Christ is Lord of all. He has … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2010, Gospel, Politics, Voting
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The Way in a world of choice
That’s my title for a ten-minute gospel talk tomorrow night for Bessacar Evangelical Church. What would you say?
Posted in Gospel, Preaching
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on politics, the gospel, and not having a ceiling
Great post here on politics by Doug Wilson. He’s writing for his own context in the USA, but there’s wisdom for us on the other side of the pond too. Some favourite bits: “…I am trying to think three or … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Government, Politics
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How do you tell the story?
Tim Chester with a nifty little post here on how, whilst essentially true, our default way of telling the gospel story is often overly-individual in focus. “The individualistic version of the gospel makes the church a useful help to individual … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Gospel, Missiology, Mission
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igospel?
Got an iphone? Check out The Jesus Comic. [Thanks Steve Jeffrey]
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grace and godliness
So, how does grace train us to be godly? I suspect a big part of the answer to this (or at least to what Paul had in mind by the idea) is in verse 14. Titus 2:14 [Jesus Christ] who … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Law, Ministry, Sin
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Either way, it’s grace.
Carrying on from the previous post, it should be noted that, whichever we’re fighting, whether legalism or lawlessness, the answer is still the grace of God in Christ. Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Law, Ministry, Pastoral Care, Sin
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Legalism?
We always have to fight both legalism and lawlessness. Always. But, which is the bigger threat within evangelicalism today – legalism or lawlessness, earned grace or cheap grace, Pharisaism or presumption? One way of thinking about that is to think … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Law, Ministry, Pastoral Care, Sin
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Romans 2, law and gospel.
It’s been very common to use the words ‘law’ and ‘gospel’ in the following way: Gospel = promises that save Law = legal demands that condemn That’s all ok to some extent as systematic categories. But frankly unhelpful if used … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Law, Romans
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