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Jesus, the Focus of the Gospel

Posted by nedcook | Posted in Bits | Posted on 14-08-2007

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The focus of the Gospel is Jesus. There will always be a tug in Christian preaching and teaching to talk about our own experience—and a modest amount of this makes such speaking credible and interesting. But personal experiences can soon and subtly become self-centered preaching. Personal experience is like salt: a little is tasteful, a lot is noxious. –Frederick D. Bruner in The Christbook

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