1. Gospel Theologizing.
The gospel is more than just a kingdom program that we need to get involved in. It is more than just a community that is socially active and conscious. When churches go this route, they become involved in liberal legalism.
2. Gospel Realizing
Is my justification my ministry? When attendance is up, I'm up... when it's down I am down??
"Is there nothing [God] can't ask of me?"
3. Gospel Urbanization
Go to the city
The city has more people than plants and the country has more plants than people and since God loves people more than plants He must love the city more.. <--haha
City: Culture, Poor, Immigrants, jobs, Students, Professionals
David Brooks "Bobos in paradise"
Battle between Bourgeois and Bohemians.
Bohemians- Avant-garde with their new experimental, artsy practices
Bourgeois- were upper middle-class, white picket fences.
Modern day sees a merging of the worst parts of both groups. Upper middleclass suburbs have moral relativism of Bohemians combined with the materialism of the Bourgeois.
Christians should be the opposite. They should have the moral conservative practices of the Bourgeois combined with the innovation and artistry of the Bohemian culture.
Does the truth stop being true? The gospel must impact at the worldview level
The gospel must penetrate to the core of who we are. It cannot just be a temporary fix.
Progressive Communication
Jonah 3
Intelligibility- DA Carson. World view evangelism. Acts 17, Paul lays about a Biblical view of God and history and interacts with dualism all while creating a Christian world view.
Credibility- also known as apologetics. If belief A is true, belief B isn't true and not even worth pursuing.
Plausibility-(contemporary relevance) their longings, their hopes, how the lines of their own lives, struggles can be resolved in Jesus
Contextualization- not just the practical application of Biblical doctrine but the translation of doctrine into conceptuality that meshes with the reality of social structures dominant in contemporary life.
Exclusive beliefs: Everyone is exclusive. Boils down to who's exclusive beliefs lead us to love? Which set of exclusive beliefs will lead to peace on earth? At the heart of my exclusive beliefs is a man dying for his enemies -a man loving people who didn't love him. That I'm a sinner saved by grace... that nonbelievers and those who don't know Christ are my moral superiors because I'm not saved by my morals but by grace alone. I look at those with a different set of beliefs and I want to serve them because Christ died for his enemies.
4. Gospel formation:
Sinclair Furgeson
5. Gospel Incarnation
The world comes to Jonah. You don't love us. You have some kind of relationship with God. DO something!
Jesus also sleeping in the storm. Don't you care? Jesus thrown into the largest storm
"Thou are coming to a King large petitions with thee bring
For His grace and power are such, none can ever ask too much."
-John Newton.
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