Just started reading a book called "Gospel Formed" by J.A. Medders and in he asked many a prolific author " What is Gospel Centeredness. This stuck out to me the most:
Tullian Tchividjian, pastor and author of many grace-laden books:
The gospel is God’s good-news announcement that Jesus has done for sinners what sinners could never do for themselves. The gospel doxologically declares that because of Christ’s finished work for you, you already have all the justification, approval, security, love, worth, meaning, and rescue you long for and look for in a thousand different people and places smaller than Jesus.
The gospel broadcasts the liberating truth that God relates to us based on Jesus’ work for us, not our work for him; Jesus’ performance for us, not our performance for him. Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn’t have to be a tireless effort to justify ourselves. He came to rescue us from the slavish need to be right, rewarded, regarded, and respected. He came to relieve us of the burden we inherently feel to “get it done.” The gospel announces that it’s not on me to ensure that the ultimate verdict on my life is pass and not fail.
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