The Gospel

A Life-changing Message

What is the authentic gospel ? How do we answer the sceptics ? Christianity is not a religion, but God’s good news for the world. This implies that it has both a divine origin and a human relevance : it comes from God and it speaks to our condition. So, before we ask, ‘What is the gospel ?’, we need to ask, ‘What is a human being ?’ Chapter 1 : The human paradox looks at what the Bible teaches and what our experience endorses : the glory and shame of our humanness, both our dignity as creatures made in God’s image and our depravity as sinners under his judgement. Chapter 2 : Human freedom : what is traditionally called ‘salvation’, seen in terms of ‘authentic freedom’. Chapters 3 and 4 : The central themes of the death and resurrection of Jesus, securing our freedom. This section also looks at a number of objections and denials. Chapter 5 : The far-reaching implications, both for faith and for life. Radical indeed is the discipleship which takes all of this and Christ’s lordship seriously. It’s nothing short of a life-changing message.