When Alex Crain asked me some questions about Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism back in April, he also asked six other questions:
1. What is the gospel? How can God save me?
Related:
- “The Definition of the Gospel” (a talk I gave at a conference on April 8, 2011). Outline (3-page PDF).
- D. A. Carson. “The Biblical Gospel.” Pages 75–85 in For Such a Time as This: Perspectives on Evangelicalism, Past, Present and Future. Edited by Steve Brady and Harold Rowdon. London: Evangelical Alliance, 1996.
- ———. “The Gospel of Jesus Christ (1 Cor 15:1–19).” May 23, 2007. Text, audio, and video available. (A lightly edited manuscript of a sermon preached at The Gospel Coalition’s conference in Deerfield, IL.)
- ———. “What Is the Gospel?—Revisited.” Pages 147–70 in For the Fame of God’s Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper. Edited by Sam Storms and Justin Taylor. Wheaton: Crossway, 2010.
- Greg Gilbert. What Is the Gospel? IX Marks. Wheaton: Crossway, 2010. (Foreword by D. A. Carson. Small, short (127 pp.), clear.)
- Milton Vincent. A Gospel Primer for Christians: Learning to See the Glories of God’s Love. Bemidji, MN: Focus, 2008. (Cf. my review.)
Related:
- Ron Rhodes, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism),” in The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2631–32.
- The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 9:2 (Summer 2005)
Related:
- my book Let Go and Let God? A Survey and Analysis of Keswick Theology
- 50-page article that condenses the book
- 2-page article that condenses the book
- three talks that condense the book
4. Does God love all people the same way?
Related:
- D. A. Carson. The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God. Wheaton: Crossway, 2000.
- ———. Love in Hard Places. Wheaton: Crossway, 2002.
5. Is the Bible’s language about hell literal or metaphorical?
Related: “Hellfire and Brimstone: Interpreting the New Testament’s Descriptions of Hell.” 9Marks eJournal 7:4 (September–October 2010): 16–19. [PDF | HTML]
6. Does God create people just to send them to hell?
Related:
Todd Wood says
I had heard that you were once LDS, Andy. Didn’t realize all the LDS family members.
Donn Heinrich says
Thanks. That was excellent.
Thom Blair says
Tim Keller says the same thing about the metaphorical language about Hell in his sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmTAotnklKI