The Gospel
What are the most dangerous threats to the gospel today?
9MarksIt’s impossible to answer what’s “most” dangerous to the gospel today without God’s knowledge of everything. But here are some prominent threats that loom on the horizon:
What is the gospel?
9MarksThe gospel is the good news about what Jesus Christ has done to reconcile sinners to God. Here’s the whole story:
Does the emerging church get the gospel right?
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The short answer is that some individuals identifying themselves as “emerging” get the gospel right and some don’t. And often it’s not easy to tell whether someone has “crossed the line” and denied the gospel. Some individuals affirm the right things but emphasize the wrong things. Others affirm the right things but entirely redefine them. Still others affirm parts of the truth and say nothing about the rest of the truth.
Is the main point of the gospel the transformation of culture?
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Absolutely not. The main point of the gospel is the forgiveness of sins through the death of Christ (Luke 24:47).
One promise of God that is bound up with the gospel is that one day God will graciously re-create a new earth in which his people will dwell with him in perfect harmony (Rom. 18-25; Rev. 21:1-22:5). So, one day there will be a totally transformed culture, composed entirely of God’s perfected people dwelling in a new earth.