Collection: the Gospel

The Gospel means “good news” but it also has a flip side, a warning to go with the promise. The bad news of the Gospel has to do with the tragic realities that make the good news necessary: Evil is real. It destroys truth, happiness, peace, order, and life.

The Gospel message acknowledges that sin is real, Hell is real, and our sins have consequences, both in this life and in the next.

Until we know the bad news, we cannot truly appreciate the good news. Unless we recognize that we are sinners, we can’t appreciate a Savior. We deliver the bad news to awaken people to these realities. 

It’s a somber message. But, it must be told.

The best approach is to present what the apostle Paul called the “whole counsel of God”. God’s whole counsel includes both the bad news about our natural state and the good news about God’s plan to redeem us.

God's peace is available to everyone who is brought to repentance by the "bad news'' and Joyfully Accepts the "good news" that He is Lord of all.