The Gospel Without Gifts

Are spiritual gifts just an optional add-on, or are they essential to the gospel's work in the world? In this episode, we dig deep into Scripture to explore how the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus not only purchases our salvation but also secures the Holy Spirit's gifts for the church. 

We’ll navigate the often-contentious debate between Charismatics and Cessationists, examining how both sides can sometimes miss the full picture. We’ll address the Charismatic tendency to detach the gifts from the core message of the gospel, and the Cessationist impulse to preach a “gospel” that sidelines the very gifts Christ gave to His people. Anchored in biblical theology, we’ll consider whether a gospel without the gifts is really the whole gospel at all.

0:00 – Introduction: Is the Gospel Incomplete Without Spiritual Gifts? 
3:03 – Defining the Essence of the Gospel 
7:52 – The Gospel as the Inbreaking of the Kingdom 
10:13 – The Narrow and Broad Senses of the Gospel 
15:47 – The Gospel as the Rule and Reign of God 
19:09 – Defining the Gospel in Relation to Cessationism 
23:30 – How to Know When God is Ruling 
27:08 – The Signs of the Kingdom 
39:10 – John 14:12 and Doing Greater Things 
54:12 – Returning to a Gospel-Centered Approach 
56:11 – A Challenge to the Open But Cautious 
57:33 – Closing Thoughts

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