Comments on: Kevin DeYoung and the Effective Minister http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2009/10/21/kevin-deyoung-and-the-effective-minister/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phil Cotnoir http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2009/10/21/kevin-deyoung-and-the-effective-minister/#comment-369 Phil Cotnoir Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:20:59 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=736#comment-369 I love what the Gospel-Centered Life (http://www.whm.org/gcl) curriculum points out about this passage - and that is the following verse: "For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins." The reason we stop growing in faith, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love is that we forget the gospel! I love what the Gospel-Centered Life (http://www.whm.org/gcl) curriculum points out about this passage - and that is the following verse: "For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins."
The reason we stop growing in faith, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love is that we forget the gospel!

]]> By: Ephrem Hagos http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2009/10/21/kevin-deyoung-and-the-effective-minister/#comment-355 Ephrem Hagos Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:07:42 +0000 http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=736#comment-355 Honestly speaking, there can never be any effective ministry in the organized church as long as the status quo is maintained by vested interests obstructing firsthand and personal knowledge of Christ according to the Scriptures! (Matt. 6:24). Thanks God for the internet! Honestly speaking, there can never be any effective ministry in the organized church as long as the status quo is maintained by vested interests obstructing firsthand and personal knowledge of Christ according to the Scriptures! (Matt. 6:24).

Thanks God for the internet!

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