But in the light of an understanding of acceptance, we can see that Campbell grasped something about the
redemptive power of the Gospel which older theories overlooked.
Wilkerson's work inspired the conversion and ministry of evangelist and former gang member Nicky Cruz and remains a testament to the transformative
power of the gospel amid the grit of urban street culture.
We must find back to the complete gospel of Jesus Christ: Repentance, accepting the gospel as true, and getting sacramentally baptized in order to experience the
releasing power of the gospel.
The
raw power of Gospel provided the emotional — and no small part of the musical — muscle that fueled both rock «n» roll and R & B as it evolved into soul.
... issues such as these need to be faced together, in a spirit of openness, mutual respect and fidelity to the liberating truth and
saving power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ».
Whether that impulse comes through the preaching of a George Whitefield, the spiritual search of a Martin Luther, the passion for justice of a Sojourner Truth or Martin Luther King, or the humility of a Pope John XXIII, renewal always comes from a rediscovery of the
spiritual power of the gospel.
But when relationships are sound, even when there are breaks in them, the healing and
redeeming power of the gospel is at work strengthening faith and supporting onlooks.
Filters its lessons through contemptuous twin brothers before settling on the redemptive
power of gospel music sung by a church ensemble.
The report, presented in the Church's General Synod meeting on Thursday, states: «What we look to find in a bishop is the arc of a mature and compelling life of faithfulness to the gospel, the life «above reproach», that will represent the
transforming power of the gospel to many outside the church who know nothing else of it.»
A disembodied Word expressed in creedal statements, which were constructed to defend orthodoxy against heresy rather than proclaim the faith, will not communicate the joy and
redemptive power of the gospel.
Evangelical Catholicism draws the will, the energy, the strength, and, if necessary, the stubbornness to continue defending and promoting the dignity of the human person from
the power of the gospel.
(6) Such a new ecumenical initiative would, over time, create the conditions for the possibility of a Russian Orthodoxy that is not in thrall to Russian state power, and that could be a partner in the re-evangelization of Europe because its leadership had rediscovered
the power of the Gospel.
The power of the Gospel is the suasive power of Unconditional Love.
Any time you step away from the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation you lose the beauty and
power of the gospel.
It negates
the power of the Gospel to bring reconciliation where reconciliation might seem impossible.»
Living out of fear, guilt, or shame as a central motivator means that we are not fully experiencing our life in Christ and
the power of the gospel.
«I am praising God for what He has done, and I continue to be amazed by
the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to bring about reconciliation in the most unlikely circumstances,» she wrote in a public statement.
Therefore, its practice remains a vital testimony to
the power of the gospel.
As a pastor in a confessional and evangelical tradition, I want the people I counsel and lead to trust in the sufficiency of Scripture,
the power of the gospel, the regular graces of gathered worship, the preaching of God's Word, and the Lord's Supper for spiritual growth.
It's an outward sign of an inward change that took place in Rex Burkhead's life — a testament to
the power of the gospel message for all to see.
That most theologians, even those whose social location in the white North American middle class, verbally support efforts to achieve the changes needed in our society to make some minimum of justice possible elsewhere, such as in Latin America, is already a testimony to
the power of the gospel.
It is men and women being called to trust and follow Jesus, to believe that
the power of the Gospel transforms upon repentance of their sins.
Instead of walking away from challenges that seem «too big,» Christians who confront the barriers of race and class disparities can draw near to their affected neighbors through
the power of the gospel.
While external legislation and laws are important, are we not a people who really believe it is only the inward change brought about by
the power of the gospel that really transforms lives and culture for eternity?
Evangelism is always going to involve calling people to repentance, to trust and follow Christ, and to be born again by
the power of His Gospel.
But such an objection would only prove that Christians have frequently been wrongly educated, that they have unintentionally been imbued with the idea that they are allowed to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the authorities of the Church and that one has less confidence in
the power of the gospel and its grace than in detailed external moral prescriptions.
And Paul is making claims about «all flesh» and «every person» and about the «
power of the gospel to save» that go beyond the specific cultural conditions of Jews and gentiles in the first century — his language demands to be engaged with at the anthropological / theological level.
That is, their role is to be agents of reconciliation and share how men and women are to be redeemed and changed by
the power of the gospel.
The goal of the interaction between Scripture and the Christian community then is that
the power of the gospel become operative in the life of that community.
Ross Langmead from Whitley College in Melbourne, has said that «the transforming
power of the gospel is not just spiritual, and not just social and economic, but also cosmic and environmental.
You have
the power of the gospel whether you realize it or not.
The mental habits of Christendom predispose us to look for one essence of the faith, with a corresponding global political structure as safeguard, whereas world Christianity challenges us to pay attention to the dynamic of
power of the gospel and the open - ended character of communities of faith.»
In a similar manner, Paul used his narrative to offer himself as a paradigm of
the power of the gospel (Gal.
What stands out in Luke are the depth of his human sympathies, his sense of wonder, amazement, and joy at
the power of the gospel, his poetic insight which led him not only to tell the Christmas story in a way that captivates old and young alike after nineteen centuries, but also to incorporate such lovely poems as the «Magnificat» of Mary, Zachariah's «Benedictus,» and Simeon's «Nunc Dimittis.»