The Gospel as Center
Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices
Edited by D. A. Carson & Timothy Keller
wheaton, illinois
The Gospel as Center: Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices
Copyright © 2012 by The Gospel Coalition
Published by Crossway
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First printing 2012
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Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4335-1561-3
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Gospel as center: renewing our faith and reforming our ministry practices / D. A. Carson and Timothy Keller, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-1-4335-1561-3 (hc)
1. Gospel Coalition. I. Carson, D. A. II. Keller, Timothy J., 1950– III. Gospel Coalition.
BX6.G67G67 2012
230'.04624—dc23
2011026425
Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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13 Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
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14 The Restoration of All Things
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About The Gospel as Center: Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry PracticesIt’s time to reclaim the core of our beliefs … Important aspects of Christianity are in danger of being muddied or lost as relativism takes root in our churches today. What was historically agreed upon is now readily questioned and the very essentials of the Christian faith are in jeopardy. It’s time to reclaim the core of our beliefs. To that end, D. A. Carson, Tim Keller, Kevin DeYoung, and other influential leaders have created this volume to defend the traditional gospel and to strengthen the church. The Gospel as Center will help you join in the movement—the movement dedicated to a Scripture-based reformation of ministry practices and the centrality of the gospel—and stand united under the conviction that what holds us together is worth fighting for. |
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