The disappearing gospel

Related blog post: http://bit.ly/cd4ymt Christian organizations everywhere are emphasizing the importance of engaging in practical ways with the poor and needy in their communities and further afield. The talk is about impacting peoples lives for the Kingdom and of responding to Jesus call to look after the poorest and most vulnerable. But is something missing?

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[KillTheRevolution]

This video isn't going to make anyone a Christian.

[DreadPirateMedia]

@KillTheRevolution Thanks for your comment. I agree. And this video isn't intended to make anyone a Christian -- it is addressed to My fellow Christians...

[dgkirch1]

a very apt title. The gospel certainly disappeared in this message, being wuickly changed into law.

[DreadPirateMedia]

@dgkirch1 @dgkirch1 Space is constrained here, and YouTube wont let me include the URLs, but you might want to read the two blog posts I wrote that are related to this article. Go to website shown at the end of the video, and youll land at my blog. The two articles to look for are:

The mysterious case of the disappearing Gospel

The power of the Gospel

But in short, yes this was really a Law message, but a Law message *about* the proclamation of the Gospel.

[waylo4526]

what church does preach the real and true gospel??

[dogsmumm]

A.Men!!

[terriergal]

@dgkirch1 I would encourage you to read how adamant the entire NT is about explaining how if you change the gospel into something else, it isn't the gospel anymore. (Especially Galatians, where they just wanted to add one little requirement). What DreadPirate is doing here is telling people to remove those added requirements so that the gospel is clearly heard.

[terriergal]

You mean, it's not going to make YOU a Christian.

[MrMatthew1180]

A point that the catholic church definantly needs to hear and the people need to understand with the utmost urgancy

[DreadPirateMedia]

Yes, that makes perfect sense and is very helpful. Thanks :-)

[ShuriRyuKa]

Hmmm...Would be easier to demonstrate than to express in a comment, but I'll give it a shot! The best word for the vocal pattern/pacing issue would be "halting". At times, the narrator spoke in a halting fashion. i.e. "It's...great...thatyou...feed the hungry" There are other instances in the clip where that pattern occurs. I understand why the narrator did it, but there are more effective and clearer ways to make the dramatic emphasis for which he was striving. Does that make sense?