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White Horse Inn: Conversational Theology

The Gospel According to Satan

Release date:

September 19, 2021

Topic(s):

Sin Satan, The Fall

Format(s):

Audio

In his letter to the Galatians, Paul warns believers about the dangers of turning away to alternative gospels, even if they’re found on the lips of an apostle or an angel from heaven. But what if Satan himself actually authored his own gospel? What might it look like, and what might some of its popular slogans be? Jared Wilson recently devoted some time to this thought experiment, the results of which he published in his recent book, The Gospel According to Satan: Eight Lies About God that Sound Like the Truth. On this episode Shane Rosenthal talks with Jared about this writing project along with his concerns for the contemporary church.

Show Quote:

Very often Satan works by means of hiding the poison inside a kernel of truth, so his lies have either a ring of truth or they’re a kind of half truth. The first temptation to Adam and Eve didn’t come with a bold proposition. Instead, the devil began by subtly questioning what God had already said which planted a seed of a little bit of doubt that opened up the doorway to deception.

Jared Wilson

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