Don’t Preach Faith or Truth, Preach Hope
2008 March 6
Read this outstanding summary on why we need to be preaching hope instead of faith or the truth of the gospel. In an age when truth is commonplace and quotidian—internet, science, mathematics—people need to hear the gospel where they are lacking, where they are bankrupt. That place is hope.
So our task is to lie to people to make them feel good, eh?
No thanks. I’ll stick with the truth of the Gospel. It’s the only thing that can give us hope.
Hi Bob,
I think you have misunderstood me and Jacques Ellul. If you follow the link, you will see that it is the hope of the gospel that we are advocating here. People are in a glut of truth and faith in our knowledge and spiritually saturated society. But, the information overload and plethora of spiritualities point us to the infinite need of One who can fulfill the hopes of every human heart.
In the gospel, God forgives us for hoping in things less than God, finite things, and straightens out broken hope to receive the infinite desire of man, the satisfaction of an Infinite God in Christ, restoring and renewing hope.
Jonathan, I’d been meaning to read this article and am so glad I came back to it! From what I’ve witnessed, I agree – many people could care less about truth but we all want something to hope in.