Adrian at UK EVANGELICAL BLOG has stuck his thumb in more than a few eyes with his posts about the simple gospel. It seems people have a lot of different opinions about what the gospel is. I’ve commented on this before, but let me add this quote from my current favorite author, BRAD YOUNG:


“True faith is committing all one knows about himself or herself to all he or she knows about God.”

(Technically, this is not “the gospel” in the sense of it being the good news about Jesus Christ. But, according to Acts, the apostles preached about the Kingdom of God. How is that a part of the gospel?)

What do I like about this definition? It fits both the Old Testament and New Testament; that is, the requirement for salvation is the same. Unless you believe that people were saved differently in the Old Testament, which would be problematic.

What say you?


2 Cor 1:13