A “Gospel” Problem
Scott McKnight hits things hard in this essay Getting the Gospel Right
if we preach a gospel that is entirely focused on “getting right with God” but which does not include in that presentation that God’s intent is to form a community (the Church) in which restored persons live out this Christ-shaped and Spirit-directed spirituality, then we can expect to hear lots of pulpit rhetoric exhorting us that the Church matters.He calls us to preach, teach, and live out a gospel that truly reflects who God is.
As someone from the Reformed tradition, this should be a simple truth — because we believe God is Lord over all creation and that everything we do should be a reflection of our faith. Yet even the Reformed churches struggle with the fact that God wants us to be a community.
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