What Is The Gospel?

This is one of the most important questions we can ask, of any church or any Christian. Yet far too often the answer is simply assumed. So what is the Gospel? What is Grace? What does it really mean to be a Christian, saved solely by sheer grace? What's OUR understanding?

Over the past 10 years, I've found the best way to answer these questions is by pointing people to a handful of sermons (mostly from Tim Keller) and then to invite them to discuss what they hear...

1. Jesus & the Prodigal Sons (Luke 15) - How real Christianity is neither religion nor religion...
2. Jesus & the Thirsty Woman (John 4) - How Jesus deals with "sinners" [Christian Cryder]
3. Jesus & the Rich Young Ruler (Mark 10) - How people miss God [Christian Cryder]
4. Jesus & The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) - A fresh look at the most famous sermon ever preached. If we are going to be a community of friends that is going some place together, this is the place we need to start, to see if we resonate with where Jesus is headed, to how the Gospel gives us the power to actually live this way...
1. What God's Kingdom is supposed to look like - a whirlwind tour of the entire Sermon
2. How Jesus wants us to relate to the World - (salt & light)
3. How Jesus wants us to relate to the Old Testament - (murder & the law)
4. How Jesus wants us to behave sexually - (as covenanters, not consumers)
5. How Jesus wants us to live in public vs. private - (radical integrity)
6. How Jesus wants us to treat people who oppose us - (enemies) [David Bisgrove]
7. How Jesus wants us to pray - (not what you think!)
8. How Jesus wants us to deal with our money - (radical generosity)
9. How Jesus wants us to deal with anxiety - (trust not worry) [John Lin]
10. How Jesus wants us to deal with others - (lovingly challenging relationships)
11. How Christianity is radically unique - (a really good explanation of grace vs. religion)

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