WHAT IS SOCIAL GOSPEL?

WHAT IS SOCIAL GOSPEL?

The social gospel refers to the application of Christian principles to social problems.  According to historian Carl Degler, “The acceptance of the social gospel spelled the transformation of American Protestantism.” More than a traditional religious movement, the...

DOES GOD HAVE ROOM IN YOUR LIFE?

Bonhoeffer wrote in his 1928 essay, Jesus Christ and the Essence of Christianity, God comes to people who have nothing but room for God—and this hollow space, this emptiness in people is called Christian speech, faith. This means that in Jesus of Nazareth, the...
BEING LIKE JESUS IN THE MARKETPLACE

BEING LIKE JESUS IN THE MARKETPLACE

If you imitate Jesus’ ministry, you will find yourself entering the company of “tax collectors and sinners,” conversing on equal footing with the “unclean,” accepting the hospitality of Samaritans and lepers, and saying, with the authority of your own experience,...
KEEP THE BORDERS OPEN

KEEP THE BORDERS OPEN

What we see in Jesus is not an abolition of the border between sin and truth. It is actually an opening in which God’s gift crosses over to us in a tangible form; through this gift, we can readily identify with the good news from Jesus. The prophet is in the...
Exposing Unspoken Conversations

Exposing Unspoken Conversations

The Pharisees pertain to a group of select laymen who are known to be experts in the Law or in the Torah. They created for them a subculture for Christianity where they excluded a lot of people in the process, even Jesus. The legalism of the Pharisees was an example...