What Was the Gospel-Centered Movement, and Did It Fail?

Core Christianity

Aaron Simon

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Did the Gospel-Centered Movement that was influenced by figures such as John Piper, Tim Keller, and Matt Chandler fail? Are there dangers when pastors' sermons begin to sound formulaic and forego moral exhortations in the name of "the gospel"? Pastor Adriel Sanchez answers these questions and if it is necessary to preach the gospel in every sermon.

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0:00.0	This year marks 1700 years after the Council of Nicaea and the mystery of the Trinity remains at the heart of the Christian faith.
0:09.0	Recovering orthodoxy in our modern context is vital to the unity of the church worldwide,
0:15.0	which is why I'm so excited that we here at Sola in partnership with CRETO are hosting a special two-day conference on the Trinity.
0:24.9	Please join us in Washington, D.C. this may as we bring together leading Trinitarian theologians for keynote messages and interactive breakouts centered around the Nicene Creed.
0:36.2	Just go to solamedia.org forward slash trinity
0:40.9	conference. That's solamedia.org. I really appreciated movements like the gospel-centered
0:47.8	movement. You're probably somewhat familiar with it. It gained steam in the years after 2005.
0:53.2	And it helped a lot of people. Men and women recover a big
0:55.2	view of God and a non-truncated view of the gospel. What do I mean by that, a truncated view of
1:01.0	the gospel. I mean not seeing the gospel as just the entrance into the Christian life. You know,
1:05.7	the gospel is a key component in our continued sanctification. It's not just about how you become a Christian.
1:12.1	Put another way, we might say the gospel isn't the milk of the Christian life or just the milk
1:16.3	of the Christian life. It's also the meat. We never grow out of the gospel. We only grow deeper in it.
1:22.3	The gospel-centered movement helped to counteract the growing trend of Christless Christianity
1:26.4	in American churches. Theologian Michael Horton helped to describe Christ the growing trend of Christless Christianity in American churches. Theologian
1:28.3	Michael Horton helped to describe Christless Christianity with these words. I think that the church in America
1:34.0	today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps even well-liked,
1:40.0	that it nearly mirrors the world itself. Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most churches today
1:47.1	that could not be satisfied by any number of secular programs and self-help groups.
1:54.1	Let me be a little more precise about what I am assuming to be the regular diet in many churches
1:59.8	across America today.
2:01.6	Do more, try harder.
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