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The Centrality of Gospel Proclamation Continued
Continuing from yesterday’s quote from Tim Chester and Steve Timmis’ Total Church,
We want to make three assertions about the relationship between evangelism and social action:
1. Evangelism and scoial action are distinct activities.
Good social action is about harnessing the insights and resources of the poor, but the gospel is a message from the outside that is [...]
The Centrality of Gospel Proclamation
So in any Christian ministry, including ministry among the poor, proclaiming and teaching the word of God must be central. And that is because the greatest need of the poor, as for us all, is to be reconciled to God and so escape his wrath. What makes Christian social involvement distinctly Christian is a commitment [...]
Do we live in the context of death?
Hours after pitching six scoreless innings against the Oakland A’s, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Nick Adenhart was killed in a hit-and-run car crash early Thursday morning. Adenhart was 22.
This hit me pretty hard in the gut. I watched him pitch yesterday. I followed his career in the minor leagues. And now he is gone.
This question [...]
Everything goes back to Jesus
Over at Miscellanies, Tony Reinke tells the story of how Mark Dever, facing a small group of people unsure about Christianity, answered a question by simply stating, “Yes, I do believe in that, because Jesus said it happened, and I’m with Jesus.”
Renkie goes on to show how the simplicity of “I’m with Jesus” can answer [...]