Renewed faith this morning

I've been having a discussion with a friend on facebook about what the gospel is to me now that I'm stripping away my modern misunderstanding of the gospel. This is what I came up with so far...

"I think I said it about as good as I can. In the old (or modern) gospel we had all the answers and we begged people to come and hear our answers so their lives could be perfect like ours. In the new (postmodern) gospel we admit we don't have any answers and we put our faith in God our creator anyway. I think under the new gospel we decide that a relationship with our creator makes more sense than anything else and is our only hope of making any kind of sense out of life. Hopefully others see how this works out in our lives and see that as attractive and decide to seek it themselves. I THINK that is what I believe now, the new gospel.I just think the gospel can't have anything to do with pride or "correctness" but rather has to be founded in humility."



I have found a renewed interest in scripture this morning. I find that I'm always comparing my current level of faith and interest in scripture to that which I had prior to seminary, which seemed like a lifetime high. My hunger then was fueled by love and faith, for sure, but also largely by a lack of knowledge of the scriptures, something which I no longer really feel. But I do feel a renewed desire to hear from God and be reminded of what a life based in faith in Jesus Christ has as it's motives, which I want to be my motives, but I often forget, especially without the constant reminder that scripture is. Its like working with a coach. You don't need the coach because he knows things you don't know. You need the coach because he constantly reminds you to do what you already know.