Sublime

With all this in mind, we can begin to address the first question raised: What about those who don’t have a chance to hear the gospel? The Bible doesn’t address this question explicitly and for obvious reasons. The Word of God doesn’t usually offer a plan B if the church chooses to reject God’s plan A. Scripture commands us to go into the world and

The verbiage of social gospel began to be used in the late nineteenth century to describe a philosophy and theology that emphasized benevolence to the whole person (i.e., his body and soul), as well as human society as a whole.

In the vast majority of textual additions that have been made to the Bible over the centuries, the changes have been so insignificant as to have very little effect on the content of the narrative and virtually no impact on the important doctrinal claims of Christianity.

What is the gospel?

His basic hermeneutic for understanding the Bible was to ask the question of every passage: Is this law, or is this gospel?

Who is the most successful entrepreneur in human history? Henry Ford? Steve Jobs, perhaps? For my money, that distinction, hands down, goes to Saul of Tarsus—later Saint Paul, to Christians. Even if you aren’t a Christian, hear me out: He was the first-century convert to the teachings of Christ who organized the work of a messianic itinerant

the Christian progressives’ mission has become about political, economic, and social transformation. There’s no reason to seek and to save the lost because they believe nobody is lost. God is not offended by sin; Christ died as an example, not as a sin offering.