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The whole idea of the "gospel checker" ministry came as a result of the Lord’s leading in what is now an unusual circumstance. While traveling on sabbatical, the writer walked onto a popular street in a well-known American city one evening. The street was packed with people and it appeared that almost half of them were passing out tracts. Over many years of ministry in many churches I knew that most tracts never include the gospel concerning Christ. The same is true of those who distribute them. Without a doubt, I knew that I would be approached and so asked for God’s wisdom (Jas. 1:5). When the first young man approached me with a tract, I reached out my hand and said, "You don’t know me but I’m the Gospel Checker. Can you tell me what the gospel is that a person needs to believe to be saved?" Thus began a ministry of approaching those who distribute tracts, of writing letters to publishers of tracts, advertisements and other Christian literature that give plans of salvation without the gospel of Christ. These monographs are an expansion of Gospel Checker Ministries. Gospel Checker Ministries exists with the purpose of checking the plans for salvation in "Christian literature and presentations" for the accurate presentation of the gospel of Christ. When a "gospel" tract comes into the writer’s possession, it is possible that he might send a "Gospel checker" letter. If the gospel is not presented or is confused (by omissions or additions) and the Lord leads, I send a letter to the source. If the gospel is presented accurately, I may send a letter of commendation. The ministry has three tracts that carefully present the gospel through which a person is saved. These monographs extend the ministry to assisting saints when they share the gospel with others. Our goal is to encourage the recognition of the importance of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 to believing in Christ and to press for the accurate presentation of the facts of the gospel in every presentation so that people can truly believe in Christ.
Monographs The following Five Monographs, © by David
K. Spurbeck Sr. in 1997, are available. Monographs #1 and #3 are included in
their entirety for your review. Monograph #2 -- "Unless You Have Believed in Vain" --
Faith without Hope and the Gospel Concerning Christ (9 pages) Monograph #4 -- "The Role of the Gospel in Salvation"
-- The Neuter Noun "Gospel" and Its Relative Pronouns (9 pages) Monograph #5 -- "An Eternally Embarrassing Situation"
-- The Problem of Conversions without the Gospel (13 pages) |
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