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Going Deeper in Your Teaching Ministry. Christ-Centered and Mission-Focused. Three Ways to Define Deep. Depth as “Just the Facts Ma’am” Depth as “Insights for Daily Living” Depth as Gospel-Centrality. Three ways people hear the question “What is the Gospel?”.
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Going Deeper in Your Teaching Ministry Christ-Centered and Mission-Focused
Three Ways to Define Deep • Depth as “Just the Facts Ma’am” • Depth as “Insights for Daily Living” • Depth as Gospel-Centrality
Three ways people hear the question “What is the Gospel?” • Telling the Story for an Individual • Evangelistic Presentation • Telling the Story of Jesus • Exegetical definition of the word • Telling the Story of New Creation • The whole good news of Christianity
Moralism: The enemy of depth • Getting right with God without defining who God is • Good advice versus Good News • Spiritualization of the gospel announcement
Going Deep • Recognize that true transformation comes from the biblical gospel. • Proclaim Jesus as Savior, not just example • Diagnosemoralismin your own heart • Ground your application in the cross and resurrection • Experience God’s grace yourself
The Gospel Project: Core Values • Deep, but not dry • Christ-centered • Story-focused • Mission-driven
Questions we ask our writers to ask… For every lesson…
Questions… 1. How does this topic/passage fit into the big story of Scripture?
Questions… 2. “What is distinctively Christian about the way I am addressing the topic / passage?” • Is there anything about this Old Testament lesson a faithful Jew could not affirm? • Is there anything about this New Testament lesson a Mormon could not affirm? • Is there anything in my application an unbeliever would disagree with?
Questions… 3. “How does this truth equip God’s church to live on mission?”