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| the Gospel and sanctification
"At the heart of Redeemer's ministry and its philosophy of preaching to post-modern audiences is the conviction that 'the gospel' is not just a way to be saved from the penalty of sin, but is the fundamental dynamic for living the whole Christian life--individually and corporately, privately and publicly. In other words, the gospel is not just for non-Christians, but also for Christians. This means the gospel is not just the A-B-C's but the A to Z of the Christian life. It is not accurate to think 'the gospel' is what saves non-Christians, and then, what matures Christians is trying hard to live according to Biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our mind, heart, and life by believing the gospel more and more deeply as our life goes on."
Tim Keller | | |
| "I think regular, topical, or thematic preaching is acted-out unbelief; it is perhaps unconscious denial of the church's perennial conviction that Scripture is God's written Word. For if we believed that Scripture is, as it is, the inerrant Word of God written with errant human words, we would not give ourselves to anything else than to paraphrase and proclaim this Word for our time. God has spoken, and in Jesus of Nazareth he has said his last word. He has nothing else to say. He has spoken out. The historical Jesus is what God is all about, as the voice at Jesus' baptism and transfiguration makes pellucidly clear. Then why should we try, at bottom, to make anything else known? For when Jesus is made known in all his regal and crucified fullness, the Spirit is at once both the source and the gift of that making known, and so discipleship happens, and so the world changes." Frederick Dale Bruner | | |
| "The best way to avoid Jesus is to avoid sin."
Flannery O'Connor | | |
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