The prospertiy gospel — sounds more like the American dream
than the gospel of Jesus Christ does it not?
They ought to blast the sick behavior of clerics, they ought to blast the fact that they have lost their moral authority, because they are more concerned in advancing a Marxist agenda, rather
than the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Two verses, Mark 14:28; 16:7, may be later even
than the Gospel of Luke, though earlier than Matthew.
The true dilemma is with churches who preach the American dream rather
than the gospel of Jesus.
No one in his right senses denies the authenticity of most of the letters, or epistles, included in the New Testament, and several of these are considerably earlier documents
than the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
No book in all the world makes this clearer
than the Gospel of John.
And if you think about it, a person has a more difficult time explaining romantic love, for instance, or beauty, or the Trinity,
than the gospel of Jesus.
Not exact matches
This means that no matter how often your PR team is out there sharing the
gospel or the CEO is on television, Inc. magazine or TechCrunch talking about your company, nothing is more effective
than the voice
of your employees.
Read Revelations and look this up * Spirit to be poured out on all flesh (Joel 2:28) * Universal apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:1 - 4) * The watering down
of the
gospel, teaching the doctrines
of man rather
than those
of God.
As part
of my own continual searching, I find myself with more appreciation
of the
Gospel than I've had in years.
1st Timothy 3.7 Now, being disgraced for the
Gospel's sake is totally different
than falling out
of favor amongst those to whom you are to be salt...
They obviously believe in the
gospel according to feminism more
than in the
gospel of Christ.
But most
of all, we should expect more from ourselves
than to sink to the narrative
of victimhood and vengeance while ignoring the
Gospel that has the power to set us all free from the cycle
of anger and oppression.
As one person said to me, «If we are serious about sharing the
gospel around the world, shouldn't we be glad that we still have missionaries who pray rather
than setting up a bureau
of prayer inspectors!»
They move to San Francisco, become gay, and zealously preach the
gospel of atheism whether people want to hear them or not... all the while thinking how much different and better
than daddy they are.
In his acclaimed Narnia series, C.S. Lewis illustrated the
Gospel as a magic deeper
than the Deep Magic, from before the dawn
of time.
In such a time, appeals to the spiritual greatness
of the Russian nation may be an essential witness to the
Gospel rather
than a capitulation to the powers that be.
There are more contradictions in your bible including the
gospels,
than Bobby Henderson, could fit into the
Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the modern day equivalent to the jesus» myth.
The lay vocation, as understood by Evangelical Catholicism, is primarily one
of evangelism:
of the family, the workplace, and the neighborhood, and thus
of culture, economics, and politics, bringing the
gospel into all
of those parts
of the world to which the laity have greater access
than those who are ordained.
Billy Graham has preached to tens
of millions
of people face - to - face, with some estimates saying more
than two billion people in total have heard the
Gospel through his minstry.
Despite the reliance on the
gospel the directors state that the process
of healing is much more
than «praying the prayer» and seeking instant healing from all difficulties.
And in doing so, they'd gotten stuck inside what Polish philosopher Wojciech Chudy, an intellectual great - grandson
of John Paul II, called the post-Kantian «trap
of reflection»: thinking - about - thinking - about - thinking, rather
than thinking about reality — in this case, the
Gospel and its truths.
This series on «practical wisdom,» which coincides with the release
of my newest book, Wide Awake, reminds me that for our community here in Los Angeles, the
Gospel has become so much more
than this.
Actually, «Aquahealer», we know that some
of the
gospels were in written form within no more
than 20 years
of the crucifixion and resurrection because they are MENTIONED in the writings
of Jewish leaders who pronounced anathema upon anyone who so much as dared to READ THEM!
How come this Reverend talked about the
Gospel of Christ rather
than telling us how filthy America and the white man is like Reverend Wright always did?»
In this statement, the prologue to the
Gospel of John, Gadamer discovered «an idea that is not Greek and does more justice [
than Greek ideas] to the being
of language.»
Even at 14, having grown up in the church you certainly know more about the
gospel than someone not
of the faith.
Some who speak from a Christian perspective still think that mildly socialist ideas such as anti - individualism, collectivist projects, income equality, and a vision
of full state welfare benefits are closer to the mandate
of the
Gospel than are democratic capitalist institutions.
As Todd Brenneman argues in his recent book, Homespun
Gospel: The Triumph
of Sentimentality in Contemporary American Evangelicalism, sentimentality may be a defining characteristic
of religious life for many Americans, and so most readers in the dominant Evangelical culture, outside a few hip and urban churches, are more likely to encounter the treacly poetry
of Ruth Bell Graham
than the spiritually searing work
of R. S. Thomas or T. S. Eliot.
I do know that if I followed the guidelines
of one liturgical commission, suggesting that I greet each penitent at the church doors with an open
Gospel book and then lead a procession to a reconciliation room which looks more like an occasion
of sin
than a shrine for its absolution, the number
of confessions in the middle
of the metropolis where I serve would be severely reduced.
The mass marketing
of the
Gospel isn't over, but it's going to be people driven more
than market driven.
He is using 2 different Greek works (heteros --RRB- and (allos) to show that the believers at Galatia are being led astray by those who are presenting a
gospel of a «COMPLETELY different kind» — heteros,
than what they had received.
Background About two years ago, I published an article called The
Gospel is More
than «Faith Alone in Christ Alone» in the Journal
of the Grace Evangelical Society.
Without the truths
of the death and resurrection
of Jesus, there is no
gospel, but the
gospel is way more
than a message about justification and how to get eternal life.
The
gospel is much broader and more far - reaching
than that, involving truths and ideas which affect all areas
of life.
Rather
than viewing conflict as the second greatest evil, conflict is an opportunity to grow and give the world something beautiful, a picture
of the
gospel, a picture
of God.
Jesus» original disciples likely never thought
of him as anything more
than a great rabbi, and some might have thought him a good rallying point for a revolt, they could have even whispered that he was anointed by God, but the idea
of his being divine only seems to enter into the
gospels around the time many Greek educated folks had converted, bringing their own views
of what a «son
of God» means into the faith.
But in terms
of priorities, focus, and direction, assumed evangelicalism begins to give gradually increasing energy to concerns other
than the
gospel and key evangelical distinctives, to gradually elevate secondary issues to a primary level, to be increasingly worried about how it is perceived by others and to allow itself to be increasingly influenced both in content and method by the prevailing culture
of the day.
Its sad that religion is the
gospel of many churchs today rather
than a real relationship with Christ based on his grace rather
than works.Just as cains offering wasnt acceptable to the Lord its the same for churchs today the Lord is not pleased by our efforts he does nt need our efforts they do not build Gods kingdom nor do mans programmes..
I want you to go further
than we have gone, to be bolder
than we have been, to be braver, to preach the
Gospel of freedom and goodness and welcome to every corner
of your influence.
Donald Trump had an encounter with the
gospel of Jesus Christ and rather
than propping him up, it made him uncomfortable... as tends to happen with anyone who is actually paying attention, myself included.
Hence, in order to understand the meaning
of the
gospel for a wider community
than the first generation, these Fathers are our best source.
Lutheran theology's antinomian tendency makes it perhaps more vulnerable
than the other Reformation traditions in spite
of the countervailing forces
of its sociology and its doctrinal tradition, although here and there an older methodology, which understands that the
Gospel does not negate the commandments, lives side by side with neo-Lutheranism and makes possible at least a tentative no to the likes
of the task force.
It is much more difficult to risk the self - interest
of our family members, especially the ones who do not share our faith commitment,
than it is to risk our own self - interest for the sake
of the
Gospel.
I suspect that advocates
of religious patriarchy perpetuate the narrative
of a «radical feminist agenda» because it is easier to dismiss calls for equality when they appear to come from the «outside»
than when they come from a response to
gospel itself.
The
Gospel is more
than enough —
of course it is!
Wright criticizes Reformers for failing to stress «the great narrative
of God, Israel, Jesus, and the world, coming forward into our own day and looking ahead to the eventual renewal
of all things» so that their readings
of the
gospels «show little awareness
of them as anything other
than repositories
of dominical teaching, concluding with the saving events
of Good Friday and Easter but without integrating those events into the Kingdom - proclamation that preceded them.»
Two
of my favorite books include Being White: Finding our Place in a Multi-Ethnic World by Paula Harris and Doug Schaupp, and More
Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake
of the
Gospel by Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice.
D. Martyn Lloyd - Jones (1899 - 1981)[in an excerpt from Romans: The New Man, An Exposition
of Chapter 6, Banner
of Truth, 1972] said: There is no better test as to whether a man is really preaching the New Testament
gospel of salvation
than this, that some people might misunderstand it and misinterpret it to mean that it really amounts to this, that because you are saved by grace alone it does not matter at all what you do; you can go on sinning as much as you like because it will redound all the more to the glory
of grace.
If we answer the question
of «what is God like» with anything other
than Jesus
of Nazareth, we end with something less
than the
gospel.