tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152265756039511289.post8341224168767181095..comments2023-07-15T04:13:18.615-04:00Comments on Revolution: Plantation Baptist Churchrevolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06782870649125138073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152265756039511289.post-51637841568002039152007-07-22T22:13:00.000-04:002007-07-22T22:13:00.000-04:00these questions are awesome. I couldn't have posed...these questions are awesome. I couldn't have posed them better. They do, however require a posting of their own, which i am now working on.revolutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06782870649125138073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152265756039511289.post-59722194561069411192007-07-22T04:35:00.000-04:002007-07-22T04:35:00.000-04:00Lew,I've been enjoying your blog for a month or tw...Lew,<BR/><BR/>I've been enjoying your blog for a month or two now, and have noted your strong opinions on the gospel being preached in church, including the detailed comments in this post. This raised a few questions in my mind:<BR/><BR/>1. What exactly do you mean by "the gospel"? Is it the "good news" that a person must believe to be saved, or is it more than that?<BR/><BR/>Mark 1:14-15 records Jesus as preaching the gospel which included the coming of the kingdom of God. And in his last command to his followers in Matthew 28:18-20, he required us to make disciples, baptise and teach people to obey everything he had taught them. So are those things included in the gospel?<BR/><BR/>2. If the gospel in the narrower sense is your meaning, what good does it do to have that gospel preached to the believers each week in church? Shouldn't it be communicated to those who don't believe outside the church, while those in the church are encouraged and equipped to carry on Jesus command?<BR/><BR/>Of course, if you include how to live in God's kingdom, making disciples and obeying Jesus' commands (such as caring for the poor and the outcast) in "the gospel", then of course it should be taught in church, but I'm guessing you may not mean to include these.<BR/><BR/>3. You distinguish between content and cultural relevance, but this seems to me to be academic. If we don't communicate in relevant terms (as Jesus did via parables, and Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 9:22), then is that really preaching good news to people, or just empty words (to them, if not to us)?<BR/><BR/>My aim in asking you these questions is not to be critical, but to engage with what you have blogged. Best wishes.unkleEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207729664951716799noreply@blogger.com