what is the gospel?
The Gospel is true because it changes things and it changes us. We need to be changed. Just look around. Continue reading what is the gospel?
Tag: gospel
A pilgrimage of my own
My dad loved India and part of why I’ve come is to see why. It becomes clearer every day. Continue reading A pilgrimage of my own
how to be a fake Christian
An article over at CNN, More Teens Becoming “Fake” Christians, raises news that is alarming but not new.*
According to Princeton Professor Kenda Dean, author of Almost Christian
She places the blame for this squarely and fairly on parents and pastors. “”Churches don’t give them enough to be passionate about,” she says. And she’s right.
real change comes from the inside out
St. Francis of Assisi supposedly said “Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary use words.”
Perhaps he didn’t need to say it. In fact, I wish he hadn’t. Because it is easily one of the favorite things for evangelical college students today to say, and what they mean by it is that words aren’t necessary.
They are wrong. The gospel is good news, not pantomime.
Yes, many of them want to feed the hungry, build houses for the poor and save the planet. They want to act out the story of Jesus as best they can without having to understand it or explain it.
