There’s a clip from 1968 of J.
Most religious teaching arrives as ideas you’re asked to hold.
The biblical gospel consists of several topics, heralded by multiple persons, written down by multiple authors in multiple types of literature, addressing a number of different subjects.
So the gospel can be cast in careful formal language and in everyday informal language.
The gospel tells us, firstly, about God: that he is our Creator, through whose goodness and greatness we exist, in whose hands and by whose constant care every human person lives and breathes each moment.
The gospel tells us, thirdly, about Jesus Christ.
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The gospel tells us, fifthly, about how to respond: by whole-hearted, life-long belief, faith, repentance, obedience, discipleship and service to Jesus Christ.
‘Atonement’ is a big and multifaceted concept.
On the Last Day we will see the full unveiling of the new creation.