What is the Gospel? John Piper
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From the Gospel Coalition confessional:The Gospel
We believe that the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ-God's very wisdom. Utter folly to the world, even though it is the power of God to those who are being saved, this good news is christological, centering on the cross and resurrection: the gospel is not proclaimed if Christ is not proclaimed, and the authentic Christ has not been proclaimed if his death and resurrection are not central (the message is: "Christ died for our sins . . . [and] was raised").
Matt Redman performing You Never Let Go...
Praise is a wonderfully deadly thing, unless it is from God. The more I seek the praise of others, or from myself, the less I will be satisified, and the greater distance will exist between myself and God. In Christ we have a new identity, a new self, determined not by what we do or who we are, but by Christ himself. Tim Keller's 2003 sermon, at Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC on Jeremiah 9: 21-26, explores these issues.
