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Published on: 10/31/2008
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The foundational principle of Christianity is that God loved us and sent His Son to die for us: 1 John 4:9-10 "By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
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Mark 1:14-15 "Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.'"
Notice that Jesus did not say, "The time is at hand, talk about life, and claim the joy and blessings for good that it offers".
The passage above mentions John the Baptist, what message did John preach?
Matthew 3:1-2 "Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'"
According to Jefferts Schori, one strand is most concerned about the atonement and that Jesus died for our sins and stresses that our most important task is to repent, yes, the strand that Jesus and John the Baptist were a part of.
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Homeschooler: My husband and I recently went to a conference where Dr. John Stackhouse of Regent College (one of my ...