The gospel according to…

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Last week I posed the question, “What is the gospel?” and was so fascinated by the variety of responses that came back, I wanted to keep our conversation going.  So I asked some of my favorite bloggers, writers, pastors, and theologians to weigh in on the question, “What is the good news?”  Here is how they responded: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove “The good news that keeps me going goes something like this: When I thought I had everything figured out and w... read more

How to Give Up on Changing the World

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It happens when you peer down a winding, third-world alley to see skeletal children bathing in buckets and widows begging for food. It happens when you receive yet another letter from your favorite charity, with the word EMERGENCY stamped in red across the front. It happens when you turn on the TV to see tanks rolling, cars exploding, and effigies burning. It happens when your insides grind at the site of a needy friend or a supposed enemy.  It happens when all the sin and pain inside o... read more

Rob Bell, Evangelicalism, and The Gospel

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In light of our recent conversations about evangelicalism (“Kirk Cameron and Six Evangelical Stereotypes”) and the Gospel (“Is the Gospel Relative?”), these items caught my eye recently. First, on evangelicalism, Rob Bell caused quite a stir the other day when he too expressed his disenchantment with the term “evangelical.” As he told the Boston Globe: “I take issue with the word to a certain degree, so I make a distinction between a capital E and a ... read more

Is the gospel relative?

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As you may know, one of the most talked-about debates between the traditional church and the emerging church has to do with the gospel. Traditionalists claim that emergers have reduced the gospel to social justice to the neglect of atonement soteriology and personal salvation, while emergers claim that traditionalists have reduced the gospel to personal fire insurance to the neglect of Jesus’ teachings regarding the Kingdom of God. It’s a topic that Jim Belcher recently explored in ... read more

The Gospel (in 10 words) + Gay Conversion

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Two stories caught my eye this week…both of which are bound to generate some comments The Gospel (in 10 words) The first is from a blog called Fallen and Flawed, where twelve bloggers were asked to summarize the gospel in ten words or less. I thought it was interesting to see how many of the summaries focused exclusively on Christ’s death, without mention of his resurrection or future return.  Hmmm… Of course, a ten-word limit presents quite a challenge, especially co... read more

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