Over the last couple of years I have been doing a number of self-study theology courses with ICI (who badly need to find a more up to date photo for their homepage), which is the UK branch of Global University, a Pentecostal university. This last year I have been (very slowly) working my way through their course on Acts. As part of the coursework, I have to prepare my “testimony for a brief yet effective delivery of the gospel”.

In particular, I have to include three main points (you might notice hints of the strong Arminian bias of the course!):
– Though God made a perfect world, Satan persuaded humanity to sin, bringing bondage, disease and death to all (Rom 5:12).
– In spite of our sin, God loves us and made a way to save us by sending Jesus Christ, His Son, to take the punishment for sin (Rom 5:8; 6:23).
– God sets us free when we choose to believe and receive Jesus Christ as our Saviour and Lord (Rom 10:9-10).

Until now, I had refrained from pitching in to the considerable debate amongst Christian bloggers caused by Adrian Warnock posting his “simple gospel in 10 points”, but since I want to finish this coursework off properly, I plan to post my own slightly modified version of the ICI three point simple gospel some time in the next few days.