Gospel Vs Relativism Essay

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Thank you for your post. I concur not with you that “one way in which you must continue to confront relativism in your ministry context is by preaching the gospel as authoritative truth through the Doctrine of God and the Doctrine of Scripture.” The question remains unclear for me. Thus, I would like to add something that remains essential regarding the subject matter. The gospel contains all the doctrines, implicit or explicit. The problem is to establish a distinction between the gospel and relativism. As Keller puts it, if you do not establish the distinction in your preaching, people who listen to you will not make the difference between the gospel and relativism. Accordingly, your listener will not convert to Christianity as a result of

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