How should we communicate the truth of justification? Steve Timmis answers some questions.
Steve Timmis is CEO of Acts 29 and lives in Sheffield where he is the Senior Elder in The Crowded House. He is married to Janet and they have four children and 10 grandchildren. He lives in a house with four generations and a dog! He has co-authored a number of books as well as managing to write a couple all on his own.
Ideas for further thought and discussion
1. In your evangelism, how often do you find yourself speaking about justification or at least the concepts behind it (God’s justice, our sin, his free forgiveness and the gift of a righteousness that is not our own)? Do you recognise the challenges Steve describes? What else would you add?
2. Do we have to explain the gospel in this way? Why not use the imagery of rescue from slavery or adoption? What would we gain? What would we lose? And how do we decide what to go for?
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