Comments on: Christless Christianity- Do We Assume the Gospel? http://whitewashedfeminist.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/christless-christianity-do-we-assume-the-gospel/ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: RichardD http://whitewashedfeminist.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/christless-christianity-do-we-assume-the-gospel/#comment-107 RichardD Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:38 +0000 http://whitewashedfeminist.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-107 What a phenomenal post!! Thank you. I attended a Calvary Chapel about a decade ago and found the same thing. Very nice people, but they definitely assumed the gospel while they were in church. They presented the gospel outside the church and sometimes at the church's coffee shop, but I never heard a presentation of the gospel from the pulpit. The music was awesome though - okay, that's a side point. I think this points at the reason that expositional/exegetical preaching is so important over against topical ("relevant") preaching. The Bible presents the drama of salvation. The Bible presents the gospel from Genesis to Revelation. If we preach the Bible exegetically, we will be preaching the gospel every Sunday - and every other day that we meet as a church. What a phenomenal post!! Thank you.

I attended a Calvary Chapel about a decade ago and found the same thing. Very nice people, but they definitely assumed the gospel while they were in church. They presented the gospel outside the church and sometimes at the church’s coffee shop, but I never heard a presentation of the gospel from the pulpit. The music was awesome though – okay, that’s a side point.

I think this points at the reason that expositional/exegetical preaching is so important over against topical (“relevant”) preaching. The Bible presents the drama of salvation. The Bible presents the gospel from Genesis to Revelation. If we preach the Bible exegetically, we will be preaching the gospel every Sunday – and every other day that we meet as a church.

]]> By: Anne http://whitewashedfeminist.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/christless-christianity-do-we-assume-the-gospel/#comment-76 Anne Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:21:54 +0000 http://whitewashedfeminist.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-76 It's like I said to you on the phone: They're selling righteousness. The world is big and to be feared, and we can help protect you from it. But what you end up with is people trying really hard to measure up to the image of a godly wife/mother/sister/family/etc. and when they fall in to sin in their lives they will be unable to address it for fear of losing the image of righteousness. There is a danger in forgetting that there is not one of us who does not need the blood of Christ. I sin on a daily basis and need forgiveness. It’s like I said to you on the phone: They’re selling righteousness. The world is big and to be feared, and we can help protect you from it. But what you end up with is people trying really hard to measure up to the image of a godly wife/mother/sister/family/etc. and when they fall in to sin in their lives they will be unable to address it for fear of losing the image of righteousness.

There is a danger in forgetting that there is not one of us who does not need the blood of Christ. I sin on a daily basis and need forgiveness.

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