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Can You Twitter the Gospel?
The team over at 9Marks invite you to succinctly communicate the Gospel in Twitter's 140 character limit. They're even offering free books to those who do it most effectively. Is this a worthy exercise? Greg Gilbert writes, "we ought to be able to express [the gospel] accurately, readily, and concisely. Indeed, forcing ourselves to sit down and think about how to do that could go a long way toward helping us nail down those core truths in our own minds." A few samples from the comments on the 9Marks blog:
All are sinners. Christ died to satisfy God's judgment and was raised on the third day. By this grace you are saved. Repent and believe.- Chris Hemmelman
Because you have violated God's law(Rom3:23)you must repent of your sin(Luke13:5)and believe and trust in Jesus Christ alone(Rom10:9). - JerryBy the substitutionary, atoning death of Jesus, God has begun the new creation by forgiving and regenerating all those who through faith repent and submit to Jesus. -Scott Newman
Holy God in love became
Perfect man to bear my blame
On the cross he took my sin
By his death (and resurrection) I live again.
- Adapted lyrics of a song by Drew Jones
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Comments (3)
Here's a duplicate to my very late comment for this contest. lol!
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I know this is so late now. The posting date is May and today is June. But thank you for the reminder in sharing the gospel in anyway we can. Yes, the technology had been given by God to be used to again bring glory to his name.
To participate, here's my short gospel:
God is the solution to our Sin-problem.Call upon His name and You will be Saved!
Posted by Mikes Sumondong | June 29, 2009 5:51 PM
Christ died for sins so we may not be punished, gave His righteousness so we are Holy, and resurrected to give us life. Repent and Believe.
That's my best shot.
Posted by Chadd Sheffield | July 8, 2009 5:31 PM
Here's my attempt. Late, though it is.
Perfect God loves man, hates sin.
Sinful man hates God, loves sin.
God sends Son, covers man's sin.
Man repents, believes, is saved.
Posted by Dave Miller | November 7, 2009 12:57 PM