tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30991724.post1029454985667855418..comments2024-02-27T03:28:22.684-06:00Comments on In Defense of the Gospel: Archival Series: The Faith of the Gospel Dr. Bob Jones, IIILou Martuneachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08683967904677815711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30991724.post-33229378644054144022019-01-18T10:58:51.452-06:002019-01-18T10:58:51.452-06:00Posting on behalf of Pastor Travis D. Smith, Hills...<b>Posting on behalf of Pastor Travis D. Smith, Hillsdale Baptist Church, Tampa, FL.</b><br /><br />Lou,<br /><br />Thank you for the recent posts regarding Lordship Salvation and the “<i>New Gospel</i>”. I believe has infected fundamental ministries across the country.<br /><br />I have heard for a decade or more a renewed emphasis on “<i>The Gospel</i>” that had to my ears and understanding a different “<i>ring</i>”, an uncertain, albeit “new” sound. The proponents of “<i>The Gospel</i>” were younger and in subtle ways, implied at least tacitly, the older generation had lost its way and drifted from preaching the simple, sincere message of the Gospel.<br /><br />I discerned something was different. Of course, fundamental pastors do not want their passion for the Gospel questioned no more than we want to diminish a younger pastor or evangelist’s passion for preaching and sharing the Gospel.<br /><br />Enough time has passed for my fears and concerns about “The Gospel” to come to fruition. “<i>The Gospel is all that matters</i>” is publicly stated by the new generation of “<i>fundamentalists</i>”, many of whom are branding as “progressives”, but their philosophy is unquestionably that of the Neo-Evangelicals of my generation.<br /><br />“<i>The New Gospel</i>” is, in my estimation, a message I describe as “<i>Lawless Grace</i>”. The preachers of “<i>The New Gospel</i>” shy from preaching the Law and Commandments (a pattern Andy Stanley is following in the Southern Baptist denomination), emphasizing a Liberty less the call to holiness, sanctification, and a life that is a “<i>living sacrifice</i>”.<br /><br />Preaching “<i>The Gospel</i>”, but failing to teach the whole counsel of God, has desensitized the souls of a generation who profess Christ as Savior, believe salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone, but are insensitive to their own sins, “<i>for by the law is the knowledge of sin</i>” (<b>Romans 3:20</b>).<br /><br /><br />Travis D. Smith<br /><br /><i><b><a href="https://heartofashepherd.com" rel="nofollow">From the Heart of a Shepherd</a></b></i>Lou Martuneachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683967904677815711noreply@blogger.com