The Most Potent One-Sentence Gospel Message
The Most Potent, One-Sentence Gospel Message
Before we get to the question that the title immediately arouses, which is “What is this one-sentence gospel message that is so potent?,” let’s talk about the typical statements used by preachers & see where they fail. When I discuss the following statements, I’m assuming that there’s nothing else said. It’s possible to recover something of value from the following statements, if we spend the time & energy to do so. But I want to find that ideal statement, that is, the one that expresses the truth of the gospel in the most complete, effective, & concise way. Continue reading “The Most Potent One-Sentence Gospel Message”
Inception – post 3
Inception’s Maul, Cobb’s Deceased Wife
You can download the pdf of the paper on: Inception
There is more to the difference between Maul (spelled phonetically). After Cobb taught her to doubt her reality, Maul had no standard for distinguishing between God’s reality and the dream world. She was a post-modernist or, at least, a nihilist. Her decision to go back to the limbo world – accomplished by suicide – is apparently based on pure desire. There, she had her husband to herself, and they built and lived without any interference from others. It was a selfish world, built around her love that was so possessive and possessed. Because she has no standard to compare this world with (like the thimble top), she cannot distinguish between real and unreal. So, we without the bible, cannot distinguish between the real and the unreal. Our modern problem has never been lack of information; it’s been too much.