Is the Gospel about Self-Denial or Self-Actualization?

In Church Between Gospel and Culture, Hiebert’s chapter highlights the post-modern shift from an ethos of salvation by self-denial towards a therapeutic ethos stressing self-realization in this world (155). The question is, “Which ethos is more biblical?” Is the gospel, “Come, take up your cross and follow me.” Or is the gospel, “I have come that […]