... A new understanding of religion is re-emerging... one that emerges from the intrinsic coherence of the logos - which is exactly the
real faith in the gospel that the gospel itself sought and proclaimed»
By faith in the gospel we receive a person of the holy Trinity, which dwells in us and thus we live a life, which is not in conflict with the law, but fullfills it.
A further problem is that many of the most characteristic sayings
about faith in the gospels are associated with miracles, especially healing miracles, and critical scholarship has found this aspect of the tradition very difficult.
Thus we have freedom of enquiry coupled with loyalty to the essence of the tradition; we have openness of mind combined with
abiding faith in the gospel's Lord.
Faith in the gospel is the reversion of the Fall.
Faith in the Gospel, i.e. the coming and death of Christ, glorifies God and expresses His worthiness more than the hollow hosannas of enthusiasms.
ES: Could you see yourself articulating and sharing
your faith in the gospel in the Oval Office and inviting somebody to trust and follow Christ?
If I understand correctly, you want to say that you have faith in Jesus although your actual beliefs change over time, and that you have
faith in the gospel but your understanding of the gospel changes over time, too?
Justin's blog is part of The Gospel Coalition, «a fellowship of evangelical churches deeply committed to renewing
our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scripture.»
«Today in South Africa, Samuel Benedict Daswa, a father killed in 1990 barely 25 years ago for
his faith in the gospel, has been beatified,» the Argentinian pontiff said in Italian.