The Gospel Old and New

Posted on November 26, 2009 
Filed under Theology

“Have you heard the New Gospel?  It’s not been codified. It’s not owned by any one person or movement.  But it is increasingly common.

The New Gospel generally has four parts to it.

It usually starts with an apology: ‘I’m sorry for my fellow Christians. I understand why you hate Christianity. It’s like that thing Ghandi said, ‘why can’t the Christians be more like their Christ?’ Christians are hypocritical, judgmental, and self-righteous. I know we screwed up with the Crusades, slavery, and the Witch Trials. All I can say is: I apologize. We’ve not give you a reason to believe…’

Then there is an appeal to God as love …

The third part of the New Gospel is an invitation to join God on his mission in the world…

And finally, there is a studied ambivalence about eternity…”

– Kevin DeYoung at the Gospel Coalition on why the ‘new gospel’ is so wrong.