The Underestimated Gospel

by Jonathan Leeman; Dr. Richard Albert Mohler Jr.; Thabiti M. Anyabwile

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Publisher:

B&H Books

, 2014

Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words.

 

But churches have something different and better. Churches have the gospel. Though we live in the world, we must not wage war like the world, or fight with its weapons. On the contrary, we have divine power to demolish strongholds.

 

The gospel consists merely of words, but those words have the unexpected and underestimated power to create new life, to justify, to prepare a bride, to give the foretaste of glory. Christian conversion depends upon the underestimated power of the gospel.

 

Authors Jonathan Leeman, R. Albert Mohler Jr., Thabiti Anyabwile, David Platt, Kevin DeYoung, Mark Dever, C.J. Mahaney, Matt Chandler, John Piper, and J. Ligon Duncan III call readers to herald a common refrain: Do not underestimate the gospel, and do not underestimate the God of this gospel.

Contents

Top Highlights

“1. False conversions deceive the individuals themselves about their state before the Lord.” (source)

“3. False conversions deceive the nations by subverting the church’s witness” (source)

“2. False conversions deceive a church and hinder love within the body” (source)

“4. False conversions defame the glory of God’s name.” (source)

“If we are justified through faith, isn’t it true that we are also sanctified through faith? Yes, says DeYoung, but ‘through’ means something different. This latter gift from God comes through divinely enabled toil and effort. It is not enough to say, ‘look to the Lord’ or ‘get gripped by the gospel.’ Growth in the underestimated gospel requires Spirit-powered, gospel-driven, faith-fueled work.” (source)

Product Details

• Title : The Underestimated Gospel
• Authors:
  • Leeman, Jonathan
  • Mohler, Albert
  • Anyabwile, Thabiti
  • Platt, David
  • DeYoung, Kevin
  • Dever, Mark
  • Mahaney, C.J.
  • Chandler, Matt
  • Piper, John
  • Duncan, Ligon
• Publisher: B&H Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• ISBN: 9781433683916