num_pages: 240
description: 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? 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. Theres the Gospel Story  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). The gospel announcement then births the Gospel Community : Gods church  the embodiment of the gospel the manifestation of Gods kingdom. 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 book exposes six common counterfeits (Therapeutic Judgmentless Moralist Quietist Activist and Churchless) that would get us off track. The goal 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!
language: English
title: Counterfeit Gospels: Rediscovering the Good News in a World of False Hope
publisher: Moody Publishers