The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World
Overview
We live in a self-help world. But Christianity doesn’t work as just a moral philosophy or code of ethics. It makes sense only when it’s built upon the foundation of the Gospel, the Good News. The simple message that God has done everything he requires to reconcile sinners to himself isn’t just the church’s slogan, but its lifeblood.
In this candid and hopeful book, Michael Horton challenges us to reorient our faith and our Christian practice toward the transformative, Christ-centered Gospel—both in the church and in the world.
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Key Features
- Discusses God’s victory over sin and death in his Son
- Emphasizes the urgency of the Gospel and how God communicates it to us
- Offers encouragement for a more Gospel-centered life and community
Praise for the Print Edition
Mike Horton has once again hit the nail on the head. With engaging clarity he demonstrates that the gospel is not just for non-Christians; it’s for Christians too. Horton’s book is a flavorsome reminder that in order for Christians to make a difference in this world, we must be driven by something otherworldly—namely, the gospel.
—Tullian Tchividjian, pastor, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Michael Horton is one who understands the times. More than a fad, a twelve-step program, or a forty-day challenge, Horton reminds us that the gospel is the everyday brick and mortar of a life built on the promise of eternal life in Jesus Christ. Before you read another book, read this one.
—Anthony Carter, lead pastor, East Point Church, East Point, GA
Product Details
- Title: The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World
- Author: Michael Horton
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2012
- Pages: 272
About Michael Horton
Michael Horton is the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is the main host of the White Horse Inn radio broadcast and the editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books.
Top Highlights
“Looking away from God and his purposes for us, we define ourselves by the narrow horizon of our own immediate needs. When we get the big picture right, the other things have their proper place. We’re not just hauling our children around town, but raising a dynasty of prophets, priests, and kings who bear God’s image. As spouses, we are not merely negotiating our personal schedules and desires, but coordinating our energies in fulfilling our Creator’s mandate to ‘be fruitful and multiply,’ to serve him and each other in caring for the world that he has made.” (Page 41)
“As the apostles were brought before Roman authorities, they said nothing about how Jesus had helped them put their marriages back together or how they found the gospel helpful and useful in daily living. There may well have been stories like that to report. However, that was not their gospel. Rather, they testified to datable events, which they assumed to have been well-known to their judges. It was not a ‘religion story,’ but an international headline of immense world historical significance.” (Page 69)
“If ‘people today’ find the preaching and teaching of sin and the cross irrelevant, it is only because we, like Israel, have dulled their sense of God’s holiness and righteousness.” (Page 51)
“The same Word that brings conviction and conversion upon our first hearing of it continues convicting and converting us throughout our life. Therefore, if it is good enough for believers to be drawn perpetually to Christ, it will be good enough to draw in unbelievers for the first time.” (Page 212)
- Title: The Gospel-Driven Life: Being Good News People in a Bad News World
- Author: Michael Horton
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian life; Evangelicalism
- ISBNs: 9781441252180, 9780801013195, 9780801014635, 1441252185, 0801013194, 0801014638
- Resource ID: LLS:GOSPDRVLFHORTON
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:20:20Z
Michael Horton has taught apologetics and theology at Westminster Seminary California since 1998. In addition to his work at the Seminary, he is the president of White Horse Media, for which he co-hosts the White Horse Inn, a nationally syndicated, weekly radio talk-show exploring issues of Reformation theology in American Christianity. He is also the editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine. Before coming to WSC, Dr. Horton completed a Research Fellowship at Yale University Divinity School.
A member of various societies, including the American Academy of Religion and the Evangelical Theological Society, Dr. Horton is the author/editor of 20 books, including a series of studies in Reformed dogmatics, whose final volume (People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology) was published in 2008. In addition to the popular Putting Amazing Back Into Grace, Dr. Horton’s latest books are Covenant and Salvation: Union with Christ, Lord and Servant: A Covenant Christology, and A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship. He has written articles for Modern Reformation, Pro Ecclesia, Christianity Today, The International Journal of Systematic Theology, Touchstone, and Books and Culture. Dr. Horton is a minister in the United Reformed Churches in North America. He has served two churches in Southern California. He resides in Escondido, California, with his wife, Lisa, and their four children.