The Tripod of the Gospel
This Sunday, we started a new series entitled, The Third Way.
There are so many people who are turned off by the church. Many see liberal churches as inclusive but without spiritual vitality and many see conservative churches as spiritually zealous but judgmental. They do not want to be a part of either kind of church. Is there another way? This series lays out a third way of being a Christian and being the church: the gospel-centered way. The series will cast a vision for and dig into the practical issues and implications of the third way.
What is the gospel? The word means good news. The gospel is the good news of Jesus. Since the fall of humanity, we live in a world co-opted by the Kingdom of Satan (who Jesus referred to as the prince of the world). That is why there is so much selfishness, violence, pain, suffering, hate, and mess in this world. Into that world, Jesus came and defeated Satan by dying for us, and being raised from the dead; in so doing, he inaugurated the Kingdom of God, and he told us that he will be back to complete what he has started. So, the good news is all about Jesus!