SIMPLE TRUTH FOR A COMPLEX CULTURE
So no one has posted a response yet...? I'll jump in with my preliminary thoughts. A colleague of mine said something at a recent faculty orientation that, although referring to the concept of teaching writing, fits with the idea of succinctly answering the question: what is the Gospel? She said, "You can know something confidently and with the utmost certainty--until you have to explain it to someone." Funny how that happens.So often, something happens that makes our ability to put belief into words seem like the most complicated task, even though it really shouldn't be. It's like the head and heart knowledge are there, but the words are on vacation. So your question is a great one. After all, most organizations have their "elevator speeches" down to an art. Shouldn't a Christian have some such tool at his or her disposal, too? Althought I haven't really crafted such an answer here, I'd say I'd start with a bit of 1 Corinthians 15 and put into my own words what's easily paraphrase-able and see where the conversation goes from there.
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So no one has posted a response yet...? I'll jump in with my preliminary thoughts.
A colleague of mine said something at a recent faculty orientation that, although referring to the concept of teaching writing, fits with the idea of succinctly answering the question: what is the Gospel? She said, "You can know something confidently and with the utmost certainty--until you have to explain it to someone." Funny how that happens.
So often, something happens that makes our ability to put belief into words seem like the most complicated task, even though it really shouldn't be. It's like the head and heart knowledge are there, but the words are on vacation. So your question is a great one. After all, most organizations have their "elevator speeches" down to an art. Shouldn't a Christian have some such tool at his or her disposal, too?
Althought I haven't really crafted such an answer here, I'd say I'd start with a bit of 1 Corinthians 15 and put into my own words what's easily paraphrase-able and see where the conversation goes from there.
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