How would you answer that question?
This coming Sunday evening we will be asking the question, “What is the gospel?” Perhaps it’s a question we think is so basic it doesn’t need an answer. But as we saw a few weeks ago when we asked the question, “What is evangelism?” the most basic questions are the most important questions.
Below are a some definitions from a few well know evangelicals and you can find a lot more here thanks to Trevin Wax who has complied a whole list.
Finally, this article by Derrick Olliff is a sizeable but excellent read.
Jesus is Lord! But these were informative, and Dr Carson on importance of bible storyline and context when preaching the Gospel especially in our culture is a real challenge. More on this please…
FYI I’m pretty sure JP presents Jesus as Lord in GITG but now that you mentioned it I had a brief look and maybe in trying to battle for Jesus as the treasure of the Gospel the book doesn’t stress this affirmative enough. J