what is the gospel
If you’re looking for a good book to read, I just finished one by Greg Gilbert called What is the Gospel.
Paul declares in his letter to the Romans, “I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
As Christians, this verse just makes you wanna shout (in a southern country accent) “Ameen! Hallelujer!” And that’s awesome! But at the same time.. Do we really believe and live this verse out? Do we really spend time meditating on the core truths of the Gospel and then carving out time to be intentional with our families, friends or the girl we run into at Starbucks twice a week?
It can be so disheartening to see in the Church and even in my life personally, how much time we can spend trying to make ourselves look more like the world rather than making the most of our brief life by sharing the hope of our Savior with the world!
Last year, when I went to South East Asia, it really sank into my heart just how precious the Gospel is.. Christian, you have been entrusted with the greatest news in the universe! How can we let a day go by and not once say anything to anybody about Jesus?? How can we suppress the value of this insanely, remarkable news and cling to worthless, temporary things that distract us from what God is calling the Church to do? (namely, making His glory known and spreading his Gospel to the ends of the Earth.)
So, I encourage you.. Get’cha a cold glass of sweet tea, grab some shade (put down your iphone!!) and enjoy this book that I highly recommend 
3 Comments
Your blog looks nice
Any idea where i can get this book? sounds really good
Hey Katie! You can get it on Amazon.. just click on the link I posted in the blog and you can order it for like $10.. I think you should definitely go through this book while it's still summer so you can be prepared to share the Gospel when school starts back up
And I want us to talk through that little 'For Your Joy' book next time we grab starbucks, deal?
Awesome! I'll check it out. And you can bet that I'll hold you to that! like seriously we have to get together soon! Maybe one of the days we have student band workshop we can get together afterwards and chat. and we still have to have a sleepover! Oh and I replied to your facebook message in an email. so we can work some plans out on there if you'd like. very much so liking your blog!