The gospel gap

Steve Midgley  |  Features  |  pastoral care
Date posted:  1 Sep 2016
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The gospel gap

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Gaps are annoying. They interrupt things. They impede our progress. Gaps get in the way.

A gospel gap is particularly annoying. Because a gospel gap interrupts what really matters – it gets in the way of spiritual progress.

But who says there is such a thing? Isn’t the gospel of Jesus Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1.24)? How could there possibly be a gap? But what if the gap is at our end? What if the gap concerns the way we receive the gospel and apply it?

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