Gospel Prism

“The Gospel of our God-Centered God changes everything for His Glory and our joy.” I received an email, recently, asking me what that phrase means. This quote is a concise expression of what it means to be Gospel-Centered. In other words, Gospel-Centeredness is a theological lifestyle in thought and practice. But in order to truly understand Gospel-Centeredness, we must first understand what the Gospel itself is. Clarity on what the Gospel is and is not is the crux of the matter. Confusion about the Gospel is all too common in Christendom today, including its implications to our preaching, teaching, basic understanding of the Scriptures in general, as well as its practical implications to every day life. What the Gospel is should not be confused with how it works out in our lives.

Graeme Goldsworthy said it best, “The main message of the Bible about Jesus Christ can easily become mixed with all sorts of things that are related to it. We see this in the way people define or preach the gospel. But it is important to keep the gospel itself clearly distinct from our response to it or from the results of it in our lives and in the world.”