What does The King Jesus Gospel promise? Scot McKnight poses the question ‘What is the Gospel?’ and seeks to make the case that modern evangelical definitions truncate the biblical Gospel which McKnight identifies as: the story of Israel/the Bible; the story of Jesus; the plan of salvation; and the method of persuasion. What I appreciated. …
Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World – Recommendations for Conduct is a document produced by the World Council of Churches; the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the World Evangelical Alliance. It’s not a long document, and contains some interesting principles. I haven’t read it in depth yet, but want to come back to it. …
Helpful thoughts from David Hampton as he explains the background to the current arc of Services at Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee, USA. I was having a conversation with a friend today who pointed out that Jesus never led with the punch line. He always carefully and thoughtfully drew his listeners in with the art …
Thabite Anyabwile provides some commentary about why he does not utilise ‘altar calls’ based on the following ten points made by Ryan Kelly. While ‘altar calls’ are not prevalent in Australian Presbyterianism, the fact that they were popularised by Charles Finney (who was, at one time, a Presbyterian) invites us to think about our understanding …
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