Missionary Road

I found a goldmine of a message from DA Carson yesterday afternoon on “the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. You will have to check it out for yourself to understand what I’m talking about, but it is a tremendous encouragement in giving a full grasp of the Gospel in all its depth and breath. This message was given during the last conference for The Gospel Coalition - a fellowship of evangelical churches deeply committed to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures. Friends and contributors of The Gospel Coalition include JI Packer, John Piper, Mark Driscoll, Tim Keller, DA Carson, Erwin Lutzer, Sandy Wilson, Mark Dever, to name a few.

To Summarize:

1. The gospel is Christological.

2. The gospel is theological.

3. The gospel is biblical.

4. The gospel is thus apostolic.

5. The gospel is historical.

6. The gospel is personal.

7. The gospel is universal.

8. The gospel is eschatological.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-19)
by: D. A. Carson
article url: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/articles.php?a=81

Many have commented on the fact that the church in the western world is going through a time of remarkable fragmentation. This fragmentation extends to our understanding of the gospel. For some Christians, “the gospel” is a narrow set of teachings about Jesus and his death and resurrection which, rightly believed, tip people into the kingdom. After that, real discipleship and personal transformation begin, but none of that is integrally related to “the gospel.” This is a far cry from the dominant New Testament emphasis that understands “the gospel” to be the embracing category that holds much of the Bible together, and takes Christians from lostness and alienation from God all the way through conversion and discipleship to the consummation, to resurrection bodies, and to the new heaven and the new earth.

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