Gospel-Centered Movement? | Doug Wilson

In this episode of Ask Doug, pastor Doug Wilson answers a question about the gospel-centered movement, justice, politics, and what is and isn't a "gospel issue."

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[dustymedlock]

“Once all you have left is the Gospel, and someone says, ‘Yeah but justice is a Gospel issue’, and all of a sudden it’s possible to move left to the applause of the cool kids, without abandoning the Gospel…but it is leaving the Gospel unprotected”
This isa great sum up of what is happening.

[jamesc]

rule of thumb: if someone is trying to get you to go along with an idea/movement/organization that uses terms or phrases that are so open ended and ambiguous so as to be undefinable its all a lie with dangerous ulterior motives.

[claudelyman]

Its always easier to be around someone with conviction. You know where they stand.

[TheCannonofMohammed]

Keep speaking the truth. You are on a roll.

[jeremiahmallow]

Agreed. Get in the ring and westle with scripture until it pins you down and makes you beg for mercy. Those who have done this have experience spectators don't.

[davidlofthus]

Doug, hard core Lutheran here. You are correct when you say you can get along better with someone who knows what he believes and why he believes it than with those who are, shall we say, superficial.

[micahfletcher]

Brother Doug I love it. I once followed this group as well but I saw the change over time. Some things should be non negotiable.

[ehudsdagger]

This is so spot on and needs to be heralded from the housetop!

[marlam]

Mercy and Justice. I used to conflate them- now I believe that Christ’s incarnation ushered in this time of mercy which continues- and in which we should be so very grateful. Justice is God’s to have when He comes again or when we meet him in our death. May we love our neighbor and our enemy and may God have mercy on us all.

[stuartholden]

Yes spot on. I have had this experience for years where politics wasn't allowed into the church and then all of a sudden it's BLM BLM BLM. I think one of the issues is that we keep trying to make movements inside of the church instead of live the life that Christ has commanded us.

[chicago]

5:49 If Lewis said that then Chesterton also said something similar. He said that creeds help us clearly see where the boundaries are between separate communions and hence allow us to get as close as possible with others we are divided against.

[chaseflynn]

Doug wilson is the most based pastor in the world.

[robpetry]

I just discovered this channel. Keep up the great work

[Imputationist]

This was excellent, and is also very applicable w/ my experience in the army chaplaincy. I think I might’ve even used that term before, lowest common denominator, with respect to the ecumenical dynamic in the military chaplaincy. Anyways, obviously relevant to the cultural moment, great wisdom here.

[keithwilson]

“Gospel-centered”

Sometimes the lady doth protest too much.

The Gospel will be self-evident and self-announcing wherever it is genuine.

[davidgaskin]

Man… this is one of the most relevant, clear sound bytes on this topic I’ve ever heard.

[briancasey]

TGC, the tyranny of the weaker brother.

[benjamingilley]

6:00
Or
What leaders do, followers do in excess.
Which is primarily in a way that feeds the flesh, not righteousness.

[zacdredge]

6:00 Yeah, it's in Mere Christianity, the first section I believe. Lewis also suggests it's better to be in a denomination decidedly regardless of whether it's the 'correct one' rather than staying in the proverbial lobby of Christianity where one can't fully mature in the faith.