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What, exactly, is the gospel?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:44 am
by _harmony
What makes up the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Love your neighbor?
Love God?
Be kind to others?
Love your enemies?
Or is it... pay your tithing? follow the prophet? avoid coffee, beer, and fornication?
Why is it that a church that claims to be God's true church pays more attention to the latter list than the former?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:58 am
by _Coggins7
What, exactly, is the gospel?
You're worst nightmare...
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:02 am
by _harmony
Coggins7 wrote:What, exactly, is the gospel?
You're worst nightmare...
That would be me at 5 years old in a little rowboat in a huge storm, and my big brother in the water, unable to swim.
That is my worst nightmare.
I don't fear the gospel or Jesus Christ, Loran. Why do you?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:14 am
by _Coggins7
I don't fear the gospel or Jesus Christ...
My what big teeth you have Gradnma...
Re: What, exactly, is the gospel?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:23 am
by _Hoops
harmony wrote:What makes up the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Love your neighbor?
Love God?
Be kind to others?
Love your enemies?
Or is it... pay your tithing? follow the prophet? avoid coffee, beer, and fornication?
Why is it that a church that claims to be God's true church pays more attention to the latter list than the former?
I would add to your list, repent. And by repent, I mean as it is used biblically. it does not mean be sorry.
Re: What, exactly, is the gospel?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:24 am
by _Gadianton
harmony wrote:What makes up the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Love your neighbor?
Love God?
Be kind to others?
Love your enemies?
Or is it... pay your tithing? follow the prophet? avoid coffee, beer, and fornication?
Why is it that a church that claims to be God's true church pays more attention to the latter list than the former?
Coggins, aren't you going to plagiarize a wikipedia article on John Sanders and answer Harmony's question? It's in vogue right now with apologists!
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:33 am
by _Coggins7
Why is it that a church that claims to be God's true church pays more attention to the latter list than the former?
Because people like you exist Harmony, people who need adult supervision in spiritual things.
The Law of Moses, Harmony, was revealed and instituted in ancient Israel precisely because the preponderance of individuals like you in that culture made in necessary to capacitate the Gospel to an intellectual and psychological level at which it could be comprehended by those such as yourself.
And in any case, your claim about the Church is preposterous nonsense that anyone who has spent any about of time within it and
lived the gospel while so doing, understands.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:01 am
by _Boaz & Lidia
What is the gospel?
A pyramid scheme.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:05 am
by _Boaz & Lidia
Coggins7 wrote:Why is it that a church that claims to be God's true church pays more attention to the latter list than the former?
Because people like you exist Harmony, people who need adult supervision in spiritual things.
The Law of Moses, Harmony, was revealed and instituted in ancient Israel precisely because the preponderance of individuals like you in that culture made in necessary to capacitate the Gospel to intellectual and psychological level at which it could be comprehended by those such as yourself.
And in any case, your claim about the Church is preposterous nonsense that anyone who has spent any about of time within it and
lived the gospel while so doing, understands.
This coming from someone who is less active the harmony.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:19 am
by _TygerFang
The gospel is a giant collection of beliefs on how you're supposed to live your life.
I doubt that can be explained in a short paragraph.