Do we only need the gospel for the first steps of faith? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:8–15 to show why the gospel remains relevant for everyday obedience.
A tide of books about the Gospel of John are now hitting the shelves, marking a trend that is perhaps worthy of a biblical text that opens with the phrase, “In the beginning was the Word.” These ...
THE GOSPEL OF JOHN is a movie about Jesus. In movies about biblical figures we have come to expect certain stock props, and in this one we get them. Lots of olives and pita bread, earth-tone wardrobes ...
In 1936, C. H. Dodd, a leading New Testament scholar of Great Britain, said concerning John, “I am disposed to think that the understanding of this Gospel is not only one of the outstanding tasks of ...
The gospel is good news because it brings a person into the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of Jesus Christ. He is not merely the rope that pulls us from the threatening waves; he is the solid beach under our feet, and the air in our lungs, and the beat of our heart, and the warm sun on our skin, and the song in our ears, and the arms of our beloved. What Is the Gospel?
We no longer live in the heyday of the gospel-centered movement. But no Christian, however mature, has outgrown the need to remain daily centered on the gospel.
What makes the gospel Gospel is that it brings a person into the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of Jesus Christ. The words Jesus will speak when we come to heaven are: "Enter into the joy of your Master" (Matthew 25:21).