Endangered Gospel Quotes

“If we’re not careful, we may gain the world and lose the church—and then, ultimately, we’ll lose the world, too. When Christians begin substituting activism for discipleship, it’s not the world that becomes endangered, but the gospel.”
― John C. Nugent, Endangered Gospel: How Fixing the World is Killing the Church

“In raising Jesus from the dead, God communicates with unmistakable clarity that his kingdom does not come through human effort. It is a divine accomplishment from start to finish.”
― John C. Nugent, Endangered Gospel: How Fixing the World is Killing the Church

“Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth” (Gen 1:26–28). Twice these verses affirm that humans were made in God’s image, and both times they go on to say that God granted humans dominion over the rest of creation. God created all humans in his image precisely because he wanted the entire race to share responsibility for creation. There is no superior class, ethnic group, gender, or territory. Humans must learn to share authority and responsibility in ways that affirm and uphold the dignity of all humans.”
― John C. Nugent, Endangered Gospel: How Fixing the World is Killing the Church