Nov. 21st - Harvest Gospel Night
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This Friday Pastor Duane Smets will be speaking at the “Fall Quarter Gospel Night” event of Harvest Christian Fellowship at UCSD. The title of his sermon “Religion and the Good News”. All are welcome. For more information go to http://www.harvestsd.com
WHAT: “Religion and the Good News” - Harvest Gospel Night
WHEN: Friday, Nov 21st, 7:15PM
WHERE: Center 119
What makes the Christian Gospel so different from other religions? What makes any news good and why we need good news in a world full of bad news? What makes bad news bad and are we just doomed to bad news and how can we be saved from it? Can the power of God given through belief in Jesus really be the answer to everything? These questions and more will be addressed this Friday!
So the cover story of Rolling Stone this week is about the band AC/DC and it titled, “The Gospel of Rock & Roll.” The article basically is about how awesome AC/DC is, how they’ve been cranking it out for 35 years and how everyone should go buy their latest album, “Black Ice.” What interested me most about the article was the use of the word “gospel” and the use of it as an adjective. What does that mean and why is it significant?
So since it’s almost been a year since I’ve done one…it’s time for another new books entry. I’ll highlight some new things that are out…some I am currently reading, some I just finished reading, as well as some books I want to read. Reading goes hand in hand with being a Christian for this simple reason, God chose to reveal himself through words which he intended to be collected together into a book we call the Bible. The Bible is the primary means God has given for us to know him and grow in our faith. Reading other books alongside the Bible is a great aid in helping us be spiritually minded, gospel driven, Bible believing, Jesus loving Christians. So here’s some suggestions from Pastor Duane…
For most in my city…San Diego, CA…the über culture of the ever cool west, this week is all about the pumpkin’ slinging, candy tokin’, door knockin’, party drinkin’, dress up day of the year. Some call it Halloween, All Soul/Saints Day, the Day of the Dead, or Samhain…but for a rare few others, October 31st and the week of October 31st has nothing to do with any of these thing but rather to do with the heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ itself. For these rare few, it is known as Reformation Day. In honor of Reformation Day this year, I devote this entry to the word “revealed” in Romans 1:17.
Everything in the Christian life has to do with the gospel. Everything flows out of the gospel. If this is not our perspective we will lapse either into a prizing our moral achievements or pledging that anything goes. And both roads dead end with “yourself” being the all determined center and conclusion. Consider what the gospel is and how it relates to Christian behavior, whose perspiscuity shines in Romans 12:9-21.