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James Jordan discusses the need for a broader understanding of the gospel in a post-Christian culture.

James Jordan argues that the Protestant tradition's narrow focus on guilt-and-justification as the entry point to the gospel is increasingly ineffective in a post-Christian culture. Jordan contends that the church must recover a broader, more patristic understanding of the gospel — one that addresses the multiple "faces of death" people actually experience today, particularly isolation and loneliness, and that welcomes the ignorant and broken into community through table fellowship before demanding doctrinal maturity. To listen to this ENTIRE series right now (with class notes!), download the Theopolis App! Use the code "theopolitan" to get your first month for FREE. app.theopolisinstitute.com/menu

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Guest: James Jordan

Topics covered

• evangelism
• gospel
• post-Christian culture
• community
• table fellowship
• doctrinal maturity

Keywords

• evangelism
• gospel
• isolation
• loneliness
• community
• Protestant tradition
• patristic understanding

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Organizations: Theopolis Institute

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