are staggering. In fact, it is because of that gospel that the church must become conscious of the needs of those who are broken and hurting. But we can never replace the message of Christ with a human enterprise of social concern. Our social concern flows out of the gospel—it does not replace the gospel. The gospel, in its essence, is an announcement about Jesus, who Himself embodies the breakthrough into history of the kingdom of God. The good news of the New Testament starts as a message about
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