Hello from Indianapolis

I am presently attending the Gospel Coalition conference in Indianapolis.  I love that my church is gracious enough to allow me to get away for a few days to hear some really good preaching.  This preaching is mainly on the book of Galatians and has been superb.  As we have talked about this, one question comes to my mind that I wanted to share with you.

How important is the gospel to you?

As we have discussed Galatians and the apostle Paul and the way that he addresses the Galatians churches, it becomes evident that to Paul the gospel is everything.  And getting the gospel correct according to the biblical revelation is critical.  I wonder how much the gospel is central in our lives.  Is the gospel something we think about at church every once in a while? Is the gospel something that we think of when we think of the lost?  Is the gospel something that occasionally we come across, or is the gospel, and getting the gospel right, of first importance to us?

How important is the gospel to you?

Perhaps the better measure of this is not what you say about it, but what others would say on your behalf.  Do your co-workers know how important the gospel is to you?  What about your family?  Your friends?  Can they tell how critical the gospel is in your life, or is it simply something that you reference privately and no one really knows what you think about the gospel or what you think the gospel is?   And so, leaving the discussion of the content and impact of the gospel to another blog, I simply ask you to consider:

How important is the gospel to you?