Gospel Deeps: Reveling in the Excellencies of Jesus
While pastoring for the past fifteen years, Jared Wilson has become known in contemporary evangelicalism for his passionate, gospel-centered writing and teaching. Following Wilson’s well-received publication of Gospel Wakefulness, he writes Gospel Deeps as a “next step” to establishing the need for astonishment, which begins by looking at the astonishing things God has done in and through Christ. Wilson holds up the gospel like a diamond and examines it facet by facet, demonstrating the riches of its implications. This book serves as a valuable contribution to the emerging canon of gospel-centered literature, in the spirit of John Piper’s Pleasures of God and Tim Keller’s emphasis on a “robust gospel,” and continues in the glory-reveling legacy left by Jonathan Edwards, John Owen, and the like. The distinctiveness of Gospel Deeps is found in Wilson’s winsome and frequently ecstatic writing voice, as well as his unique approach to showcasing the gospel’s beauty.
Top Highlights
“On the face of it, the good news of Jesus Christ is simply one thing. It is the news—not advice, instruction, or practical steps—that God saves sinners through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.” (source)
“to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledg” (source)
“Many Christians’ problems of fear, doubt, and complacency stem from forgetting who they are, which is to say, who they are in Christ.” (source)
“Or maybe the reality is a love more multifaceted than we can understand with finite, fallen minds. Maybe the reality is that the God of the Bible is as transcendent as he is immanent, that his ways are inscrutable, that his love is glorious and astonishing precisely because it is too wonderful for us. Maybe the heights and breadths of God’s love do not refer merely to its size but also to its complexity.” (source)
“But the sum of the gospel message Paul is delivering as ‘of first importance’ is contained in verses 3 and 4: Jesus died for our sins, he was buried, and he rose again on the third day. This is the historic news that is the good news.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Gospel Deeps: Reveling in the Excellencies of Jesus
- Authors:
- Wilson, Jared C.
- Chandler, Matt
- Publisher: Crossway
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN: 9781433526435
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