What is the Gospel?
What is the gospel? There is a variety of ways we can answer that question. Literally. The word “gospel” (euaggelion) means “good news.” In a world of bad— often, terrible—news, how refreshing to have good news. But quite apart from world...
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The Gospel: A Literary Marvel
Four invaluable portraits God understands our natural limitations to comprehend spiritual and eternal matters. So, in grace, He used various literary forms in the Old Testament, including word pictures, prophecies, shadows, types, allegories, symbols, and plain language, to preface the...
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The Preparation of the Gospel
The conversion of Cornelius The conversion of Cornelius in Acts 10 provides every serious student of the Word with further insight into the way that God works in people’s lives to bring them to Himself—both by preparing their hearts to receive...
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God’s Measuring Tape
Benchmarks of blessing The human race has always found it helpful to know the size of things, and especially handy if one could measure by a body part—since such a measuring device is always nearby. Thus the foot, the span, and...
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The Furtherance of the Gospel
Display the Light in darkest times. It wasn’t a prison in our modern sense of the word. There were no television sets, no exercise periods, and no ombudsman safeguarding prisoner’s rights. There was no air conditioning on the hot summer days...
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The Defense and Confirmation of the Gospel
Another Jesus. Another gospel. Another Spirit. Paul not only preached the gospel but at times had to defend it, to re-affirm it to believers so that their faith would be resting in the right object, and they would be confirmed or...
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The Dispensation of the Gospel
A solemn duty I don’t know about you, but I often view my responsibility to share the gospel not so much as an obligation but a common courtesy: I have extremely good news that can help someone, and I want to...
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The Hope of the Gospel
No God, no hope. Know God, know hope. The situation is hopeless!” Such statements of despair can be heard in every people group of the world, any hour of any day. There is likely someone in your neighborhood who is currently...
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