Tim Keller pastor and preacher at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan has written some outstanding books and is one of the great thinkers of our day in terms of helping those outside the faith understand Jesus.
Our aim is to be on gospel centred mission - but what does that mission look like, and how do we explain gospel to someone who does not understand anything about Jesus. So often Christians assume others understand what sin is, how Jesus saves us and how the Holy Spirit transforms us. Sadly most people are very ignorant about these things and often assume we are saying things that we are not.
Keller has written an good article on sin and how to understand in ways that are very helpful. You can see it here. He makes some really good points on how properly understanding sin will make us humble:
The biblical teaching on sin shows us the complete
pervasiveness of sin and the ultimate impossibility
of dividing the world neatly into sinful people and
good people. It eliminates our attitudes of superiority
toward others and our practices of shunning or
excluding those with whom we differ.
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