The Gospel as Center: Renewing Our Faith and Reforming Our Ministry Practices (The Gospel Coalition) [Hardcover]

D. A. Carson (Editor), Timothy Keller (Editor), Reddit Andrews III (Contributor), Thabiti M. Anyabwile (Contributor), Mike Bullmore (Contributor), Bryan Chapell (Contributor), Andrew Davis (Contributor), Kevin DeYoung (Contributor), J. Ligon Duncan (Contributor), Richard D. Phillips (Contributor), Philip Graham Ryken (Contributor), Tim Savage (Contributor), Colin S. Smith (Contributor), Sam Storms (Contributor), Stephen T. Um (Contributor), Sandy Willson (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 29, 2012 | Series: The Gospel Coalition

It'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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

D. A. CARSON (PhD, Cambridge University) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has authored numerous books, including The Cross and Christian Ministry.

TIMOTHY KELLER (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) is founder and pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. He is the best-selling author of The Prodigal God and The Reason for God.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Crossway (February 29, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143351561X
• ISBN-13: 978-1433515613
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A phenomenal Resource March 5, 2012

By Todd

Format:Hardcover

The Gospel Coalition has put out 14 great little booklets that state their position on different matters. This book, The Gospel As Center, is a collection of all of that material. They pull together a great collection of writers that really explore their different subject areas very thoroughly. They always come back to the gospel being the center of all that we do in ministry and in life. I was greatly challenged by this. Too often in life and in ministry we can come up with great and grand schemes that seem right to us, but many times they are not really centered in or rooted in the Gospel. We need to always be checking ourselves in this area, and these 14 chapters in this book provide a great way to do just that. This is a great book not only for pastors and other church staff members, but for all believers. It will take you deeper and deeper into your faith and it will challenge you to make the Gospel the center of all you do in life. I encourage you to pick up this book and take your time with it, it will really deepen your faith if you do, I know it did that for mine.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent but basic content May 1, 2012

By Bruce

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As any book which is edited by Carson and Keller would be a good if not great book is to be expected. The content is excellent but I am wondering who is editing the editors for grammar. In the first two chapters I found three spelling and grammar errors. To be honest, after reading at least twenty books written or edited by Carson I am disappointed. I love the Gospel Coalition, so these mistakes are shocking to me.

Again, excellent content, but scholars like Carson and Keller need to take more time with this material. I am a former college English Composition teacher and any student in a large writing project got two freebies on spelling and grammar before the red ink would begin to hack away at the grade.

Come on guys!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Gospel is Center March 29, 2012

By Jeanie S

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The Gospel As Center is a book for ministry leaders and lay people. As the title suggest it will renew your faith and have you take a good look at ministry practices. It mentions the Gospel Coalition which you can get more information by going to [...]. It is a great resource for me to receive sound teaching in troubling times. The book was written by contributors of the Gospel Coalition and basically goes over the doctrine statement. I have found that most churches have a doctrine statement however, many of their members do not understand or they may not understand the focus of the churchs' mission due to their doctrine statement. This read covers many doctrine issues and our fight for the truth. It does claim rightfully so that none of us will know the complete truth but the Lord does reveal in his word truth that we can know and knowledge of him that we can live out so others may know him as well. What I found interesting that truth is authoriative. Is that why the church may be suffering and will suffer greatly in the future? The crisis of truth in our postmodern times: our society dogmatically rejects truth in theory but cannot live that way in practice. (page 28). Reading the word of course is way for us to know our King and Lord, however, if we are going to read the bible rightly , we must see it in all its parts as it relates to Christ. How it relates to our hearts set against God, truth, his authority and then you begin to see our problem of sin. This book offers truth, the gospel, redemption and with redemption hope