Oh hang on are we talking
about same gospel?
Not exact matches
Great post, and the really disproportionate thing
about it is this is all done using the «law» demanding the tithe when not one New Testament book endorses this model (The reference in Hebrews was not to establish tithe as it was to establish Jesus in a different order, and his comments in the
gospels was to people living under the law)... how is it that no other «law» is preached with the
same force and conviction as tithing?
Whether you're reaching out to Muslims, bikers, students, business people, previously unreached people — it doesn't matter — there's a unique way to go
about it, ending in the
same gospel.
McKnight does a masterful job defining and defending this understanding of «
Gospel» and includes chapters about the Gospel that Jesus preached, the Gospel that Paul preached, and the Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel» and includes chapters
about the
Gospel that Jesus preached, the Gospel that Paul preached, and the Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel that Jesus preached, the
Gospel that Paul preached, and the Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel that Paul preached, and the
Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel that Peter and the other apostles preach, and how this understanding of «
Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the same g
Gospel» shows that they all preached, proclaimed, and lived the
same gospelgospel.
The theological imperialism of the protesters — demanding that the statement say exactly what Lutherans have traditionally said
about «faith alone,» law and
gospel, simul iustus et peccator (at the
same time justified and sinner), etc. — might give the impression that they represent hard - core orthodoxy.
All mormons do, the book of mormon is
about christ appearing to people on the American continent and sharing the
same gospel he preached in the new testament with the people on the American continent.
In the
same way «once upon a time» tells us to expect a fairy tale and «here is the news» to expect a report on the day's significant activities, the «sui generis» approach to the
gospels invited the expectation that we would learn
about the early Church, not the life of a historical figure.
And the
gospel narratives
about the resurrection of Jesus portray a «body» which was indeed very strange — a «body» which in one sense is presented as quasi-physical, to be sure, but, which also can appear without movement from place to place, a «body» which bears the marks of his passion, but which is not exactly the
same as the body which hung upon the cross.
But he stands by the decision to ally with the Rwandan church, quoting a story common in AMIA circles
about an African bishop who asked his Western colleagues, «You brought us the
gospel 150 years ago — why are you not preaching the
same one now?»
Fast - forward 2,000 years and it seems a new generation of disciples is behaving exactly the
same way: building Twitter followers and Facebook likes; balancing book promotion with «platform time» at major festivals; booking up media appearances and making sure everyone knows
about them... all for the sake of «the
gospel».
Paul's words to the Thessalonians, according to Wright, are not the
same as
Gospel passages
about «the Son of man coming on the clouds» (such as Mark 13:26 and 14:62), which «are
about Jesus» vindication, his «coming» to heaven from earth.»
So the
Gospel of Luke presents a dual message
about what kind of Kingdom Jesus brought: The Kingdom of God is both a direct challenge to the Roman Empire, and at the
same time, absolutely no threat at all.
This means that though the burial story may have been known somewhat earlier, the discovery story originated
about the
same time as the composition of Mark's
Gospel.
The Apostle Paul wondered
about the
same sort of thing when he said, «I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different
gospel — which is really no
gospel at all» (Galatians 1:6,7; NIV).
We tend to want modern journalism, but the
gospels resist that yoke, thus we need to be careful when we say the following
about events recorded,» it happened like this»... another
gospel might have a different take on the
same incident (even the synoptics).
When we remember that the words «
Gospel» and «evangelism» are based on the
same words, and when we realize that the
Gospel is
about all of life, then we begin to realize that evangelism is
about all of life also.
(A point which I have attempted to argue in The
Gospel of the Kingdom [1940]-RRB- Their interests are very largely centered upon the apostles, but at the
same time the surviving tradition within them makes it clear that Jesus» influence upon the populace of Galilee resulted in «multitudes» following him
about and hanging upon his words.
6 Things Christians Can Do
About Same - Sex Marriage Sean McDowell and John Stonestreet, The
Gospel Coalition
When we feed one of Christ's brothers who is
about the work of the kingdom; when we visit one of Christ's sisters who is proclaiming the
gospel message; it is the
same as if we had done that act of identification with Christ himself.
In 1968, Uppsala delegates proposed to «let the world establish the agenda» while at the
same time turning a deaf ear to the question «What
about the two billion (who, it was reckoned, had not yet heard the
gospel)?»
The
same Jesus Christ that we read
about in the Bible that walked with the apostles and taught the
gospel and healed the sick.
Harvard's Helmut Koester, one of the principal interpreters of the
Gospel of Thomas, believes that it was composed at
about the
same time as the biblical Gospels.
It's no good going on
about making the
gospel the center of our worship and discipleship if we are not on the
same page for what the
gospel actually is.