The Gospel

Shadyside Church of Christ

English - August 28, 2017 04:00 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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The history in the Old Testament is filled with bad news. Adam and Eve sinned and were removed from the Garden. Man's wickedness was so great that God told Noah to build an ark. Despite being called as God's people and having a covenant relationship, Israel continued to go astray and ended up on the other side of captivity with a beggarly-looking temple and 400 years of silence out of God. But the New Testament opens with good news - the birth of a Savior. And the gospel marches from Bethlehem to Nazareth to Golgotha and to the ends of the earth. What is so marvelous about this "good news" and why must we keep it pure?