I Am Not A Preacher of the Gospel [of]

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This quote has been wrecking me the last week:

“I believe in justice: but I am not a preacher of the gospel of justice, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to justice.
I believe in love, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of love, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to love.
I am committed to peace, but I am not a preacher of the gospel of peace, but the Gospel of Christ who calls us to peace.
I believe in the value of the simple life, but I am not the preacher of  the simple life, but of the Gospel of Christ who calls us to the simple life.

Let us beware of the ultimate plagiarism of borrowing some great concepts from Jesus then running off proclaiming these concepts and not sharing the Christ who embodies and empowers these concepts.”

- Myron Augsburger

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2 thoughts on “I Am Not A Preacher of the Gospel [of]”

  1. What a powerful reminder! Paul reminds us that we can lay no other foundation than Christ. That means that even Christ’s values divorced from Christ are a counterfeit and will fail.

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