MUCH OF WHAT CHRISTIANS AND THE CHURCH PROCLAIM IS NOT WHAT JESUS AND THE APOSTLES PREACHED - Scot McKnight
I had said recently that I have come to the conclusion that church membership diminishes discipleship. Why should people choose the difficult way of discipleship when the easy road of church membership already has them "in" the church. It's like handing a college graduation certificate to students and telling them "we hope you take the classes." How many college students would do the hard work if they were told they already have the completed degree in their hands?
Scot McKnight new book "The King Jesus Gospel" raises some hard questions that the church today needs to answer. Questions like:
1. Is the gospel we are preaching the same gospel of the Scriptures and how is it shaping you into a disciple of Jesus?
2. Is the focus on making disciples in our evangelism or is it simply on getting a decision?
3. Is the "sinners prayer" or "accepting Jesus into our hearts" really spiritually transforming people's lives? Is this the approach that the early Apostles took?
4. Is the gospel and salvation the same thing? If they are not interchangeable, then how are they different?
So McKnight asks the big question: What is the gospel?
How would you answer?
I had said recently that I have come to the conclusion that church membership diminishes discipleship. Why should people choose the difficult way of discipleship when the easy road of church membership already has them "in" the church. It's like handing a college graduation certificate to students and telling them "we hope you take the classes." How many college students would do the hard work if they were told they already have the completed degree in their hands?
Scot McKnight new book "The King Jesus Gospel" raises some hard questions that the church today needs to answer. Questions like:
1. Is the gospel we are preaching the same gospel of the Scriptures and how is it shaping you into a disciple of Jesus?
2. Is the focus on making disciples in our evangelism or is it simply on getting a decision?
3. Is the "sinners prayer" or "accepting Jesus into our hearts" really spiritually transforming people's lives? Is this the approach that the early Apostles took?
4. Is the gospel and salvation the same thing? If they are not interchangeable, then how are they different?
So McKnight asks the big question: What is the gospel?
How would you answer?
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