Monthly Archives: July 2011

Proclaiming the Gospel, Part III: The Gospel’s Full Name Is “The Gospel Of The Kingdom”

Time and time again, when the Scriptures talk about Jesus proclaiming “the gospel,” the actual phrase that is used is that Jesus proclaims the gospel of the kingdom of God. Consider these representative verses from Matthew: Matthew 4:23: “And he … Continue reading

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Proclaiming the Gospel, Part II: A Gospel Is Not A Testimony, Not A Bible Story, Not A Sermon, Not Even An Offer Of Salvation

In contrast to the Roman Road understanding of proclaiming the gospel that we talked about in our previous post, consider the definition of gospel which comes from Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:3-8. Paul describes what he shares as “of first … Continue reading

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Proclaiming the Gospel, Part I: Merging from the Roman Road onto the Interstate Highway System of Full-Octane Gospel Proclamation

On the one hand, it seems like the depths of the topic of proclaiming the gospel ought to be fully plumbed now that we’re 2,000 years into this enterprise called Christianity. On the other hand, of all of the Works … Continue reading

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