The Underestimated Gospel

by Jonathan Leeman (Editor), R. Albert Mohler Jr. (Contributor), Thabiti M. Anyabwile (Contributor)

Everyone is looking for power. Political campaigns play to the power of fear and hope; advertising agencies rely on the power of appetite, both wielding power by the means of words. But churches have something different and better. Churches have the gospel. Though we live in the world, we must not wage war like the world, or fight with its weapons. On the contrary, we have divine power to demolish strongholds. The gospel consists merely of words, but those words have the unexpected and underestimated power to create new life, to justify, to prepare a bride, to give the foretaste of glory. Christian conversion depends upon the underestimated power of the gospel. Authors Jonathan Leeman, R. Albert Mohler Jr., Thabiti Anyabwile, David Platt, Kevin DeYoung, Mark Dever, C.J. Mahaney, Matt Chandler, John Piper, and J. Ligon Duncan III call readers to herald a common refrain: Do not underestimate the gospel, and do not underestimate the God of this gospel.

Genres: Christian Living

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2014

About the author

JONATHAN LEEMAN is the editorial director of 9Marks, which involves him in editing the 9Marks series of books as well as the 9Marks Journal. He has written a number of books on the church, including Reverberation, and he teaches theology at several seminaries. Jonathan lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC and serves as an elder at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington. You can learn more about him and his writing at www.9Marks.org.

Reviews

[Blake Western · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a collection of messages delivered at a "Together for the Gospel" Conference in 2012. Although the messages are directed toward pastors and church leaders, the content is applicable to all Christians. Eight testimonies are included in the book. It is worth getting the book just to read the testimonies. Nine outstanding preachers delivered the messages.

[Robert V Lading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Examining myself using other people's experiences

I didn't get close to all the writers in the book. But that is why it is so unique. I did not need everyone's testimony but the ones who hit home with me at this time,just what I needed. Thank you, lord.

[Lisa Matheny · Rating 5 out of 5]

a must read for all redeemed