Conspiracy Theory October 4, 2007
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In the Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard raises the question of what is the gospel. He answers that both the right and the left see it as a gospel of sin management. To this he asks another question: Is sin management what the message of Jesus is about? This is not to downplay our sin or sins collectively; rather, to assert that maybe there is more, maybe there is a hidden life in God. Willard makes a comment early in his book about what is being taught in the church today and says that maybe part of the problem (the problem being a lack of true discipleship) is not in spite of the way doctrine and the message of Jesus is taught, but directly because of it. This thought struck me because I think many churches would response to the discussion by saying that they are addressing growth and discipleship through Sunday school classes, bible studies, seminars, preaching, etc. Now what if the lack is not in spite of all these things, but because of these things.
