The Purple Basics: Understanding the Message of the Gospel in the New Testament
About this ebook
In The Purple Basics, bestselling author and pastor Rice Broocks draws on key passages in the New Testament to help followers of Jesus understand these foundations of their faith:
- The gospel is the good news that God became man in Jesus Christ.
- He lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died in our place.
- Three days later he rose from the dead, proving he is the son of God.
- He offers salvation and forgiveness of sins to everyone who repents and believes in him.
There is no other story in history that can compare to the gospel. While followers of Jesus can spend a lifetime studying the Bible and barely scratch the surface of God's knowledge, he has communicated enough for everyone to know that he exists and wants to have a relationship with all people. This is the message of the gospel that believers need to proclaim: God has come to make himself known!
About the author
Rice Broocks is the cofounder of the Every Nation family of churches, with more than one thousand churches in more than 73 nations. The senior minister of Bethel World Outreach Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Rice is also the author of several books, including Man, Myth, Messiah, God’s Not Dead, The Purple Book, and Every Nation in Our Generation. A graduate of Mississippi State University, Rice has a master’s degree from Reformed Theological Seminary and a doctorate of missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary.
