Sanctified Time Pass – The Goodness Gospel

As you apply yourself at work, take a break and enjoy some nice reading and meditating from these links:

5 heart-piercing, thought-provoking articles

4 Reasons to Beware the Goodness Gospel
There is a gospel that is flooding our churches that is not the real gospel. This false gospel will tell us that we need to “do better and try harder.” Their message is that God is only pleased with us if we do good. Are we listening to this gospel?

4 Characteristics of Legalism
Because we are listening to the ‘goodness gospel,’ many of us will also, very subtly, be preaching that message. How do we know if we have been brainwashed by this false gospel? Well, we will turn ourselves into legalists. And what does that look like?

What is Grace?
Another reason why we might be susceptible to the ‘goodness gospel’ is because we don’t understand grace. This author wants to recalibrate our hearts to know deeply how God’s grace propels us in life.

To Assume the Gospel is to Lose it
Finally, we may be blindly following the ‘goodness gospel’ because we are assuming that everyone in the church is believing the true gospel. This is not always the case. Please don’t ever assume that you know the gospel. Preach it to yourself everyday, you’ll do your soul a favour.

4 Keys to Evangelism in Honor-Shame Cultures
Now that we understand the gospel of Jesus Christ, how do we explain it to others, especially in a culture such as ours? This articles gives some tips on how to go about it.

Verse of the Week

1 Corinthians 15:1-4
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

Faith-Strengthening video
Do you think that Jesus only appears at the beginning of the New Testament? This video will show you that Jesus and his salvation call stands from the beginning of Scripture all the way to the end.