Good News for Bad People

Everyone has sinned—so everyone needs good news. Jesus brought good news for people who have sinned.

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners."

But not everyone likes the good news Jesus brought. Even "good" people don’t always like it. Some of them don’t think they need the news that Jesus brought. They do not consider themselves sinners in desperate need of forgiveness. And they may not want everyone to be so easily forgiven.

Just what was the news that Jesus brought? Was it a message about a political kingdom? Or was it a message of amnesty for people who have no other hope?

In early August, the church mailed to member households a new booklet—Good News for Bad People. It examines Scripture to see what the message of Jesus is. This is the message of the apostles, the message that built the early church. What was it? Watch your mailbox for the new booklet.

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