But
hearing the gospel out of someone else's mouth will do just fine to create faith in people.
Not exact matches
All too frequently this turns
out to be a substitution for the
gospel; it consists of some set of propositions, however traditional and however true they may be, which can in fact obscure the basic affirmations of Christian faith and make the
gospel itself of none effect for those who
hear.
This is one reason He is delaying His coming and why He asks preachers of righteousness like Noah to go
out and spread the good news of the
gospel of Jesus Christ to all who will
hear and believe.
I had my moments of disconnect: sitting
out the Eucharist because I'm not Catholic,
hearing the
gospel reduced to salvation from hell, welcomes that felt patronizing from people who have been praying that I come to my senses and go back to believing, behaving, and voting just like them.
The guy talked and drew for about five minutes, and then as he closed up, we were supposed to pull a
Gospel tract
out of our pocket and hand it to a stranger nearby and ask what they thought about Jesus and the message they had just
heard, and if they had any questions or wanted us to pray with them.
In his way, he tells
Gospel stories about demons being driven
out, the blind being made to see, the deaf to
hear, the lame to walk.
The law is good and is used lawfully when it is used to name behaviors that are
out of hannony with the
gospel, even if it is unpleasant to
hear.
I once
heard Brueggemann speak on this
Gospel passage, pointing
out that in it Jesus reenacts the whole history of Israel.
We carry
out regular Bible lessons for children, showing them love and giving them a chance to
hear the
Gospel.