It's personal

The second mark of a robust gospel, as described by Christianity Today, is that the robust gospel places transaction in the context of persons.

Do we reduce the gospel to a transaction between God and us? Do we see it as a trade -- removal of our sin in exchange for our faith?

The gospel is more than that. This is not a WalMart faith. The article reminds us that it is personal -- it is God, it is Jesus, it is the Spirit and it is you or me.

I like the final sentence of this section in the article:

In our proclamation, to the focus of the gospel must be on God as person and our encountering that personal God in the face of Jesus Christ through the power of the Spirit.

It's bigger than a trade. It's personal.