Gospel

The Truth of the Cross

dissenterdan
1 Nov, 2012
Gospel, Reconciliation, Reconciliation Quotes, Thinking about the Gospel

The cross is God’s truth about us, and therefore it is the only power that can make us truthful. When we know the cross we are no longer afraid of the truth. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer The Cost of Discipleship

Deliverance beyond our Feeling

dissenterdan
25 Jun, 2012
Discipleship Quotes, Gospel, Thinking about Discipleship, Thinking about the Gospel

Christians are persons who no longer seek their salvation, their deliverance, their justification in themselves, but in Jesus Christ alone. They know that God’s Word in Jesus Christ pronounces them guilty, even when they feel nothing of their own guilt, and that God’s Word in Jesus Christ pronounces them free and righteous even when they […]

RTG 8: Rediscovering the Kingdom – the yeast of Platonism

dissenterdan
22 May, 2012
Church Planting, Gospel, Mission, Rediscovering the Gospel

The teaching of the Greek Philosopher Plato has been, and remains, the most dominant and influential philosophy in western history. Even though few of us spend much time pondering his work; even though many of us might struggle to know the difference between him and the former ninth planet in our universe, every one of […]