Sublime

The gospel according to Jesus is not accepting Christianity as a ticket of admission into society. The gospel according to Jesus means that there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim. 2:5). One can stand before God at judgment only by union with the crucified and resurrected Jesus Christ. And can only come

It is this voice and this truth that is the way that challenges ‘the present age’, Kierkegaard’s and our own – where being a Christian has at times come to mean little more than the common human (‘a good person’) – where Christianity is one of many ‘equally valid’ ways, universal common human values mixed with, at best, colourful and, at worst,

The Christianity of the Synoptic Gospels is almost innocent of metaphysics. The Christianity of modern America, in this respect, is like primitive Christianity; Platonism is alien to popular thought and feeling in the United States, and most American Christians are much more concerned with duties here on earth, and with social progress in the

Christianity is about sacrifice rather than personal gain and service rather than power.

nearly all of my Christian students tell me that the gospel they heard as they grew up primarily had to do with their sin, Jesus’ death, and going to heaven.

But he’s been bold for Christ, and he’s urging them to do the same instead of growing complacent in their smug self-satisfaction. He delivers the same message to every church. All must preach Christ and Christ alone—the cross, the Resurrection, and salvation by faith alone. It must never be about the leaders, preachers, and teachers, but always