Comments on: What is the Gospel?

By: Go, Send or Disobey? « Mission Support | Nicholas Carman

Go, Send or Disobey? « Mission Support | Nicholas Carman — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:20:24 +0000

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By: Is Preaching the Center of the Church? | PomoTheo - Missional Perspectives

Is Preaching the Center of the Church? | PomoTheo - Missional Perspectives — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:02:24 +0000

[...] The result is the continued treatment of Sunday morning, and subsequently the gospel itself, as a business machine churning out consumable spiritual wares. The Gospel becomes something to be promoted rather than proclaimed. [...]

By: Georges Boujakly

Georges Boujakly — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:48:09 +0000

Brad,
A wonderful gem of a book. A corrective to the main idea of much gospel preaching: Get your sins forgiven so that you can gain entry to heaven.

I am enamored with the idea of promoting the gospel because it is freeing. It is freeing for many (truth be told most Christians) who are not “proclaimers” or evangelists. Promoting the gospel allows those of us who love to pray, give, witness, respond to questions about the hope in us, worship as an expression of the work of the gospel in us, to be part of the whole plan of God for spreading his kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

I’m glad you’ve reviewed this book. Would you consider doing several posts on what promoting the gospel versus proclaiming the gospel entail?

Thanks for keeping up the missional conversation.

By: Rick Cruse

Rick Cruse — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:45:50 +0000

Gospel: the good news that, through repentance and trust in Jesus Christ— crucified, risen, and coming again—one receives
* forgiveness and an eternally-restored relationship now with the Father,
* membership now in his redemptive new covenant family/community,
* participation now in his newly-inaugurated, not-yet Kingdom rule,
* partnership now in His ongoing redemptive purposes for all creation, and
* a share now/then in the promise of His rule in a renewed heaven and earth.

By: Pete Brookshaw

Pete Brookshaw — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:15:47 +0000

I like the distinction between proclaiming the gospel and promoting the gospel. Quite often we fall into the traps of business marketing strategies, that we use to promote the gospel, though sometimes a more incarnational proclamation of the gospel might be more effective.

By: Torey

Torey — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:27:49 +0000

“In my view, when “mission” becomes disconnected from the gospel, as it sadly does in some church circles, it no longer deserves to be called Christian mission.” You are right there

By: Got Good News? — Ben Sternke

Got Good News? — Ben Sternke — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:14:16 +0000

[...] is has content. That’s why I liked seeing this definition of the gospel from John Dickson (ht): The gospel is the announcement that God has revealed his kingdom and opened it up to sinners [...]