The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ (Biblia.com)

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In this timely book, Pastor Ray Ortlund makes the case that gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. In too many of our churches, it is the beauty of a gospel culture that is the missing piece of the puzzle. But when the gospel is allowed to exert its full power, a church becomes radiant with the glory of Christ.

Satan, in his wicked way, is a shrewd strategist. C. S. Lewis reminded us of this in The Screwtape Letters, and the apostle Paul clearly never forgot it (e.g. 2 Cor. 2:11; 11:14). Sherlock Holmes spoke of Professor Moriarty as the “Napoleon of crime,” and we do well to think of Satan as the “Napoleon of sin.” Satan stays active, keeping pace with God, cunningly aiming to spoil God’s work and to thwart his plans to do good for his people and bring praise to his name. So the church must ever

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