Wow. An incredible review, reminder, and challenge. I had the same experience as a Reformed evangelical: I turned the truth of the gospel into a tool of self-flagellation and deprecation, because that was easier to believe and do than resting in the promises and love of God. “My gospel” was 1/2 a gospel and thus, no gospel. It enabled me…
Wow. An incredible review, reminder, and challenge. I had the same experience as a Reformed evangelical: I turned the truth of the gospel into a tool of self-flagellation and deprecation, because that was easier to believe and do than resting in the promises and love of God. “My gospel” was 1/2 a gospel and thus, no gospel. It enabled me to live on one side of the coin as cursed, while condemning any reckoning of the other side, blessed. It was a gospel that was easy to believe in that it rested simply in my agreement that I was the worst worm of unworthiness and it gave license, party favors, and invitations my proverbial pity party. Thanks for the wake-up call.
Wow. An incredible review, reminder, and challenge. I had the same experience as a Reformed evangelical: I turned the truth of the gospel into a tool of self-flagellation and deprecation, because that was easier to believe and do than resting in the promises and love of God. “My gospel” was 1/2 a gospel and thus, no gospel. It enabled me to live on one side of the coin as cursed, while condemning any reckoning of the other side, blessed. It was a gospel that was easy to believe in that it rested simply in my agreement that I was the worst worm of unworthiness and it gave license, party favors, and invitations my proverbial pity party. Thanks for the wake-up call.