Thread by @sometimesalight

Reading this from @jdgreear while watching others fully commit to the posture he's calling out, I had a thought:

religionnews.com/2021/02/22/sbc…

IME the folks spending the least amount of time preaching the gospel are those spending their time policing whether others "just preach the gospel."

The irony of the "just preach the gospel" stance is how very much time they spend talking about everything else.

Here's the rub: Talking about preaching about the gospel is not preaching the gospel.

You can claim to be withstanding false gospels all you want & never get around to proclaiming the true gospel. A negative stance will never affect positive action.

What if one of the best ways to safeguard the gospel is simply to proclaim it? Those who do this have my trust far beyond those who talk a lot about the gospel as a thing to protect but spend very little time proclaiming it.

They remind me of folks who make a fetish of gun ownership but dismiss & belittle those they claim their guns protect. Or consider this:

https://twitter.com/CAHutch1990/status/1363982481595260937?s=20

There's a whole bunch of folks claiming to be defending the gospel who show very few signs of loving it. It makes me wonder if they just love the fight.

The problem, of course, is that the goal of the gospel is the cessation of fighting. It is the reconciliation of all things in Christ. Which I honestly think might disappoint some folks.