Originally Posted by vroom490
I guess the question I should be asking is what is the gospel? like what are the essentials to the gospel and what are the boundaries where we say so far and no further. i think though the answer is as you say in the historic reformed creeds and confessions.
thanks again I shall read the articles.
Methinks I have already answered that by providing a link to my own personal article, A Gospel Summary.

There are other articles which deal with this specific question as to the content of the Gospel that can be found in the other link I provided. But here are some links to specific articles:

- Present Day Evangelism by A.W. Pink
- Evangelistic Malpractice by William MacDonald
- Doctrinal Content of the Message of the Gospel by Ernest Reisinger
- Reformed Evangelism by Morton Smith
- What is the Gospel? by Lorraine Boettner
- A Defense of Calvinism as the Gospel by David Engelsma
- Is Calvinism the Gospel? by Mitch Cervinka
- The Old Gospel and the New by J.I. Packer
- A Defense of Calvinism by C.H. Spurgeon

Those should keep you occupied for a little while and hopefully answer your question(s). However, if they fail to answer your question(s) adequately, then do continue to ask more questions and hopefully we shall give it a go to answer them to your satisfaction. grin

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