A Gospel With Power

Send us Fan Mail A lot of us can talk about the gospel, defend the gospel, even argue about the gospel. The harder question is whether we actually believe the kind of gospel Paul describes, the one that arrives “not in word only,” but with power, the Holy Spirit, and full conviction. We open 1 Thessalonians and use it as a New Testament pattern to measure our own faith, our preaching, and the spiritual health of the church. We dig into why a purely verbal Christianity falls short. If the gos...