The Biblical Gospel is About Who God Is and What He Does

By David P. Smith - Posted at the Confessional ARP:

I have been saying for several years now that one of the best ways to understand the general character of American culture is that it is a way of life that reveals that humans must do what God has already done, is doing and will do. So, when pastors and teachers in the church stress the Christian’s Crazy Love for God instead of God’s love for his creation and people, or stress the Christian’s Radical commitment to and accomplishments for God, instead of God’s radical commitment to and accomplishments for his creation and people, they simply demonstrate that they not only do not understand very well the gospel revealed in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, but also are dressing up in biblical language what is already in American culture. And people wonder how Old Covenant Israel could end-up engaging in Baal worship, while also carrying-out the Temple sacrifices.

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