Pentecost: It's Our Turn Now! "What Makes the Gospel Good News?"

Our culture today discourages us from authenticity and honesty and instead encourages us to mask our blemishes and the worst of ourselves. As a result, we often feel resistant to confronting our sinfulness, and we find the message of the gospel offensive. But when we finally do see our limits for what they are — when the light of God’s Shekinah glory gives clarity to our weakness — we see why the gospel is called the good news. The beauty of the gospel is that despite how deep our faults run, God’s love for us runs deeper. For believers, that message is one we’ve each experienced firsthand, and it is a truth we’ve lived through enough to share so that others may know God’s grace for themselves.