I am re-listening to a series of lectures given by Scot Mcknight at this past April's Serve Conference at Briercrest. I had to miss the pre-conference session and his last lecture due to work, and thought I should probably follow up on what I missed. I'm midway through the first lecture and came to his definition of the Gospel:"The Gospel is the work of the triune God, Father, Son and Spirit, to restore cracked icons [humans] to union with God and communion with others through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the gift of the Spirit for the good of others and the world."
I find this definition to be unique because it offers something more, in his words, "robust", to the definition I've been given over the years that the Gospel is that 'Jesus Christ came to die for my sins so that I can go to heaven.' Scot includes so much more and I think that it will take some time for me to fully unpack and mull this over. What are the rammefications of a definition like this on my life? Does it change any thing? What does it challenge in my thinking? Is he on to something I have never thought of before?
I HIGHLY reccomend listening to his stuff. Find it here! Don't skip out on the pre-conference one - very, very good!

1 loud-mouths:
This looks interesting, I'll listen to it!
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