Review of Darrell Bock’s “Recovering the Real Lost Gospel”

Over TGC, Jason Hood has a good review of Darrell Bock’s Recovering the Real Lost Gospel.

Hood concludes:

Recovering the Lost Gospel gets readers thinking freshly about the New Testament’s gospel by addressing many different aspect of gospel renewal, from restored relationship to new power. Bock’s presentation of oft-neglected gospel themes (including covenant promises, new covenant, personal renewal, and Holy Spirit) is the book’s greatest strength. Among other gems, he shows readers that Luke 3:16 is “a verse as relevant to the gospel as John 3:16,” and he avoids writing lordship out of the gospel. Bock has done the church a service by providing a sound text that contributes to the ongoing conversation on the greatest of all possible topics. He achieves what he set out to provide: a much fuller and robust presentation of the grand biblical gospel than many readers will have seen or heard. Bock notes on his blog, “When the church treats the gospel as a momentary transaction, she gets what she pays for.” When we pay the price of attending to Scripture, Bock shows us that we get a momentary transaction and a great deal more.