We’ve Got Good News!
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’” (Romans 1:16-17) When the news media tries to scoop its competition it basically wants a story that nobody else has. If they get the scoop they can underscore their namesake with the claim that what they are publishing is new. Nobody wants to read or see olds. Everyone wants to know the news. So when we talk about the Good News of Christ it might seem like we should call it the Good Olds. After all it has been around for a couple thousand years and nothing has been added to it. For those of us who are familiar with the gospel (good news) of Christ, it is in fact old news. However, for perhaps the majority of people alive today it still would be considered news. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, p