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Why the Gospel Terrifies Christians

January 19, 2022

Summary

It sounds a little crazy to say that the gospel terrifies Christians. But it clearly does. Christians are prone to qualify the grace of God in Christ. Christians are prone to hedge on justification by faith alone. At times, Christians can even be unsettled by the preaching of Christ from all of Scripture. Why are these things so? Jon and Justin consider history, fear-based theology, pietism, law/gospel confusion, and Christ-centered preaching in today's episode. Semper Reformanda: Jon and Justin continue the conversation on why the gospel is frightening for Christians. The guys answer some potential objections to a reformed understanding of the sufficiency of Christ. Resources: FREE Ebook Our episodes on Lordship Our episodes on pietism Our episode on law/gospel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcgz6guBsug

Topics

  • Episode focus: Why the Gospel Terrifies Christians
  • It sounds a little crazy to say that the gospel terrifies Christians
  • Christians are prone to qualify the grace of God in Christ
  • Christians are prone to hedge on justification by faith alone
  • At times, Christians can even be unsettled by the preaching of Christ from all of Scripture

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Transcript

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[00:00:02]Hi, this is John, and today on Theocast, Justin and I have a conversation about the gospel and how the gospel often is terrifying.

[00:00:11]And what we mean by that is the implications of it.

[00:00:14]How powerful is grace?

[00:00:16]And if we're not careful, we tend to add to the gospel so that it doesn't sound as crazy as it is.

[00:00:23]But it is crazy.

[00:00:24]The grace is that powerful, and it can transform us, but yet we seem to keep adding to the gospel.

[00:00:32]We're going to talk about this throughout history and the different things like law gospel, pietism, reformation, and dispensationalism.

[00:00:39]Hope you enjoy.

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[00:01:06]Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a reformed and pastoral perspective.

[00:01:16]Your host today are Justin Berdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

[00:01:20]And I'm John Moffat and a pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

[00:01:25]And Justin, today's a unique day for us.

[00:01:28]It's the last podcast of the year, but it'll be coming out in 2022, uh, Lord willing.

[00:01:34]I pray it doesn't come out.

[00:01:35]I pray we're not here to listen to it, to post it.

[00:01:38]But if we are, we are hoping that it finds you well and encourages you.

[00:01:43]So, yeah, that's pretty much all I have for the introductions.

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