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Proclaiming The Gospel, Part VII: If What You Believe Costs You Nothing, You’re Believing Too Little

Evangelical Christians have a problem today: we believe too little. We believe the things about Jesus that are important to us personally—we insist that these are the essential things—and we leave everything else in a category called “optional” or “for … Continue reading

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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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