November 26, 2023 - Good News Stories

Many followers of Jesus in our cultural moment say that the gospel is “good news.” But amidst competing worldviews, everyday busyness, and a context that prioritizes values over beliefs, it’s easy to leave that “good news” on proverbial “church shelves,” relegating it to Sundays or Christian conversation. In this, we functionally live as if other forms of “good news” are better, more impacting, and more applicable to Monday - Saturday life. Even the Bible, church community, and religious practice can replace the gospel as our priority. In short, we don’t truly see the gospel as good news, that impacts every aspect of life, and infuses our faith practices, conversations, and relationships.

 

But the gospel is truly the best “good news” — and both people followers of Jesus and those who don’t are desperately in need of the best good news! For all history, God’s people are created by God to be a “good news people.” We’re part of a counter-cultural family, existing within a broader world whose values look different from our belief. And we’re invited by God and empowered by his Spirit to believe in a better “good news” than any other, to see that good news change our everyday lives, and to share that good news with each other and the world around us, in winsome ways that it actually sounds like good news. 

This identity is easy to forget, and this charge is easy to ignore. So Salt&Light is going to spend much of Fall 2023 remembering who we are, and how this vital message changes our lives. We are a good news people. We have good news that a broken and hurting world needs. This is who God has created us to be — it’s the message he’s created us to share: we are a good news people!