Trevin K. Wax,Matt Chandler
What if the biggest danger to the church of Jesus Christ is not blatant heresy, the moral failures of church leaders, persecution, the rise of Islam or the loss of our rights'Â What if the biggest threat is counterfeit gospels ,within, the church, ways of thinking and speaking about the good news that lead to a gradual drift from the truth of Scripture',The gospel is like a three-legged stool.Â Thereâ€™s the Gospel ,Story, â€“ the grand narrative of Scripture (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Restoration). Within that overarching framework, we make the Gospel ,Announcement, about Jesus Christ (His perfect life, substitutionary death, resurrection, exaltation).Â The gospel announcement then births the Gospel ,Community,: Godâ€™s church â€“ the embodiment of the gospel, the manifestation of Godâ€™s kingdom.Â  A counterfeit gospel is like a colony of termites, eating away at one of the legs of this stool until the whole thing topples over. This bookÂ exposes six common counterfeits (Therapeutic, Judgmentless, Moralist, Quietist, Activist, and Churchless) that would get us off track.,TheÂ goalÂ of ,Counterfeit Gospels ,is to so deepen our love for the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ that we would easily see through the many counterfeits that leave us impoverished. So come, love the gospel, recognize and overcome the counterfeits, and be empowered for ministry!
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Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of False Hope