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My man! I actually ask folks to summarize the gospel quite often.

Back when I was just getting into the reformed faith, I started realizing that all the evanjellyfish around me had no idea what they believe, and so I started asking some folks to send me their answer to the question, "What is the gospel?" The responses were appalling! Went to the pastor and asked him why he doesn't preach Christ crucified on the regular, and he said, "Most of these folks have grown up in church, so they've already heard it enough. I am giving them 'meat' now, since they have moved beyond the milk."

I dropped the descriptions of the gospel on him that I had gathered from his congregation. The next week the sermon was Christ crucified.

NO ONE moves beyond the need to hear the gospel preached on the regular.

Now that I am an elder at my church, one of the questions I ask every time someone wants to become a member of our church is, "What is the gospel?" The answers have done nothing but reinforce my conviction that people need to keep hearing it.

𝔼𝕣𝕪𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 1y ago

I’m shocked the gospel would be described as “milk” and not “meat!”

I would think milk vs. meat has more to do with how deep into a subject you go rather than the subject itself. Even something “everyone knows” has depth and opportunity for study. And especially things that “everyone knows” need to be revisited to be clear they’re really understood.

Besides, you have no idea when someone will be attending for the first time, or even thinking seriously about an issue for the first time. Not to mention children attending the church.

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Dikaios1517 1y ago

This was a church that shuffled all the children down to childcare services.

𝔼𝕣𝕪𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 1y ago

I never liked that even when I was a child

Dikaios1517 1y ago

Same. Keep the kids in the main service with their parents.

Paul's epistles were intended to be read to the church, and there are instructions in them addressed to children. That would presuppose that the children would be present to hear them.

𝔼𝕣𝕪𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 1y ago

There’s a lot of assumption about what kids are able to understand that I think underestimates kids.