The Gospel
Gospel: literally, "Good News." That humans are incapable of living good and perfect lives, as would be required to meet God's Just and Holy standards; but that Christ Jesus came to take the punishment we deserve, meaning that by accepting that gift, we all can spend eternity with God. Although I was taught the Gospel at a very young age, it wasn't until recently that I realized how central it is to all beliefs and decisions in life. Last summer, while visiting with a friend, he mentioned that while searching for a church after moving to the Indianapolis area, they had found many that were Bible centered, but not Gospel centered. I did not really understand what he meant until I read Tim Keller's article "The Centrality of the Gospel." In it, he makes the case that the Gospel should be central to every area of life by building on a concept first put forth by Tertullian. From Keller's article: "Tertullian, a Christian writer in the se...