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Why the Gospel Terrifies Christians

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Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8946 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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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 EbookOur episodes on LordshipOur episodes on pietismOur episode on law/gospel

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0:00.0

Hi, this is John, and today on Theocast, Justin and I have a conversation about the gospel

0:07.1

and how the gospel often is terrifying. And what we mean by that is the implications of it. How powerful

0:14.3

is grace. And if we're not careful, we tend to add to the gospel so that it doesn't sound as crazy as it is. But it is

0:23.4

crazy. The grace is that powerful and it can transform us, but yet we seem to keep adding to

0:30.3

the gospel. We're going to talk about this throughout history and the different things like

0:34.8

law gospel, pietism, reformformation, and dispensationalism.

0:38.8

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0:39.7

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1:06.2

Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a reformed and pastoral perspective.

1:15.8

Your host today are Justin Burdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

1:20.4

And I'm John Moffitt and a pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

1:24.9

And Justin, today's a unique day for us. It's the last podcast of the year,

1:29.7

but it'll be coming out in 2022, Lord willing. I pray it doesn't come out. I pray we're not here

1:35.8

to listen to it, to post it. But if we are, we are hoping that it finds you well and encourages

1:41.8

you. So, yeah, that's pretty much all I have for the introductions.

1:47.1

Oh, I will say this. By now, hopefully, well, for sure, we have our new stickers out,

1:52.4

trust Christ and calm down. You get Theocast stickers as well. So you can go get those.

1:57.1

We've got some help with shipping those out. So that's amazing.

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