The Gospel is a powerful testimony of grace and brokenness for the secular city. In the fall of man, we love to build ourselves up to maximum boasts and radical displays of self-sufficiency apart from the Lord. This display is visibly featured in the city: we love to invest in highly lucrative businesses or build up lavish homes in our cities. …
But the Gospel does not testify to self-sufficiency; it testifies to radical brokenness, real humility, rooted in grace. … But the life of the Gospel, the life of justifying faith, is the life of putting away these self-actualized achievements to the cross of Christ, in knowing a new and better life in His name.
— From “Evangelism, the Lord’s Supper, and the Self-Sufficient City” by Rick Palma
Hey friend, thanks for adding the comment to my article (my apologies for the delay in getting back to you). Hope you have a merry Christmas with your friends and family.
Thanks for the citation. I’m adding your blog to my blogroll (unless you’re taking a break from blogging or creating a new blog).
Not posting anymore?
Looks like I’m returning to posting now!