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Ephesians 3

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During the first week the class was divided into eight small groups. Each group was given the task to collectively agree on a common definition on the gospel founded in the Bible. During that time students including myself had to compromise and possible argue their point. As I reflect on the experience of working in a group to provide a working definition for the gospel three things stand out persuasion, pressure, and practice. Persuasion from outside influences mainly NT Wright’s book. In my group one of the members was quickly persuaded by Wright i.e. “The gospel is news not advise.” As christians I think we aren't to be easily persuaded. Ephesians 4 preaches supports this point well. “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” (Ephesians 4:11-14 ESV)
Although I believe Wright’s teachings are sound, I was surprised to find somebody …show more content…

Ultimately I don't know why, but two possibilities include that the gospel is well know and therefore we should know or to just finish and leave class. This pressure lead me to accept what our group decide the first time without arguing my point. We collectively combined are definitions for our answer, however if I were to do it again I’d argue against using NT Wright’s words, because we didn't have enough time to compare Wright’s claims to that of the Bible. Accepting someones teaching blindly is what causes christians today to be tossed to and fro by most

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