Trevin Wax describes nine false Gospels he considered before selecting six to focus on in his new book, Counterfeit Gospels. Therapeutic Gospel: Sin robs us of our sense of fullness. Christ’s death proves our worth as humans and gives us power to reach our potential. The church helps us find happiness. Formalist Gospel: Sin is …
Tullian Tchividjian: As I’ve said before, I once assumed (along with the vast majority of professing Christians) that the gospel was simply what non-Christians must believe in order to be saved, while afterward we advance to deeper theological waters. But I’ve come to realize that once God rescues sinners, his plan isn’t to steer them …
At the Catalyst blog Tullian Tchividjian, pastor at Coral Ridge Presbyterian church, explores the concept of a Christian vocation in a post entitled ‘Our Calling, Our Spheres’: Martin Luther was once approached by a working man who wanted to know how he could serve the Lord. Luther asked him, “What is your work now?” The …
One sentence summaries of the whole Bible provided by pastors and scholars. Here’s Doug Wilson’s contribution: Scripture tells us the story of how a Garden is transformed into a Garden City, but only after a dragon had turned that Garden into a howling wilderness, a haunt of owls and jackals, which lasted until an appointed …
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