Gospel and Kingdom

The Gospel: Not News or Story but News Story

By Jonathan Leeman | 10.18.2011

A lot of conversations about the gospel in recent years seem to go back to whether the gospel is a proposition or a story.

Several years ago, I kept hearing people pit God-man-Christ-response (proposition) against creation-fall-redemption-consummation (story). Few people—I hope—still try to make those butt heads, but recognize that they serve different purposes.

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