The language we use to interpret the gospel
To follow up on the earlier post about our use of words, Eugene Patterson recently commented on the language Christians use in our culture:
It's very dangerous to use the language of the culture to interpret the gospel. Our vocabulary has to be chastened and tested by revelation, by the Scriptures. We've got a pretty good vocabulary and syntax, and we'd better start paying attention to it because the way we grab words here and there to appeal to unbelievers is not very good.
Sin, repentance, justification, sanctification: they're some of the words worth remembering, repeating, and teaching.
It's very dangerous to use the language of the culture to interpret the gospel. Our vocabulary has to be chastened and tested by revelation, by the Scriptures. We've got a pretty good vocabulary and syntax, and we'd better start paying attention to it because the way we grab words here and there to appeal to unbelievers is not very good.
Sin, repentance, justification, sanctification: they're some of the words worth remembering, repeating, and teaching.
posted by Milton Stanley at 10:43 PM
2 Comments:
Great counsel. Thanks!
Thank you, Peter, for reading.
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