The hole in our gospel pdf

“Our Christian habit is to bewail the world's deteriorating standards with an air of rather self-righteous dismay. We criticize its violence, dishonesty, immorality, disregard for human life, and materialistic greed.

"The world is going down the drain," we say with a shrug. But whose fault is it?

Encouraging Christians to love their neighbors, examines the manner in which worldwide poverty is handled and how it must be changed.

That is, the gospel with a hole in it – a gospel that gives us a ticket to heaven and asks nothing in return, a gospel that relieves us of responsibility.

The book The Hole in Our Gospel argues that being a Christian requires more than just a personal relationship with God, but also a public relationship with the.

The hole in our gospel.

Author Richard Stearns begins The Hole in our Gospel by recounting his personal journey from successful corpo- rate CEO to the president of one of the.

Who is to blame? Let me put it like this. If the house is dark when nightfall comes, there is no sense in blaming the house; that is what happens when the sun goes down. The question to ask is "Where is the light?"

Similarly, if the meat goes bad and becomes inedible, there is no sense in blaming the meat; that is what happens when bacteria are left alone to breed.

The question to ask is "Where is the salt?"

Just so, if society deteriorates and its standards decline until it becomes like a dark night or a stinking fish, there is no sense in blaming society; that is what happens when fallen men and women are left to themselves, and human selfishnes