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From Christ Himself \u2013 The Gospel Coalition Blog<\/a>: <\/p>\n

\u201cOur faith is a person; the gospel that we have to preach is a person; and go wherever we may, we have something solid and tangible to preach, for our gospel is a person. If you had asked the twelve Apostles in their day, \u2018What do you believe in?\u2019 they would not have stopped to go round about with a long sermon, but they would have pointed to their Master and they would have said, \u2018We believe him.\u2019 \u2018But what are your doctrines?\u2019 \u2018There they stand incarnate.\u2019 \u2018But what is your practice?\u2019 \u2018There stands our practice. He is our example.\u2019 \u2018What then do you believe?\u2019 Hear the glorious answer of the Apostle Paul, \u2018We preach Christ crucified.\u2019 Our creed, our body of divinity, our whole theology is summed up in the person of Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

C. H. Spurgeon<\/span>, \u201cDe Propaganda Fide,\u201d in Lectures Delivered before the Young Men\u2019s Christian Association in Exeter Hall 1858-1859, 159-160.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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