I wanted to write my short version of gospel after reading the gospel according to Kenny, and also Dave (though he quotes Paul, the Apostle, so that doesn’t count).
You’ve placed your faith in Jesus for your redemption? Great. You don’t have to do anything else for it.
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kenny says:
October 29th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
“You’ve placed your faith in Jesus for your redemption? Great. You don’t have to do anything else for it.”
I’m not sure I’m understanding; is that your synopsis of the Gospel?
jose says:
October 30th, 2008 at 8:10 am
That’s right.
I got about the same reception at Côr Group when I shared it then. :-\
kenny says:
October 30th, 2008 at 8:31 am
It just seems really ambivalent. Is that intentional?
jos' says:
October 30th, 2008 at 10:23 am
yeah, no. not at all.
I’ve actually been using the small group to help formulate a version of the Gospel that includes my initial and ongoing redemption and eventually the redemption of the Creation. I’m beginning to question my abilities as a teacher.
kenny says:
October 30th, 2008 at 10:50 am
It’s the “Great…” that sounds funny to me (like “oh great (sigh)”; maybe it would sound different if I heard you say it aloud.
“He will wipe away every tear” comes to mind to address past, present, future, individual, and corporate redemption.
nate says:
October 30th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I understand where you’re going with it. But it feels like bad bumper sticker gospel.
“You don’t have to be perfect….just forgiven.” – yea! That’s sums it all up..!
jose says:
October 31st, 2008 at 11:25 am
nate, you just came dangerously close to quoting a line from one of my songs. the danger of these one-liners trying to describe something as rich and deep as the gospel is moving into bumper sticker territory. i was going for provocative and apparently hit schmaltzy instead.
kenny, thinking it over it reminded me of the “Imagine that God” campaign.
I gotta another one in me. Let me think about it for a bit.