Evangelicals who are worthy of the name are concerned to spread the good news of the gospel as it is revealed in Holy Scripture without bias or amendment.

This practice of telling the unconverted that ‘God loves them’ without explaining how and why is a grossly irresponsible thing to do. The bald but popular assertion that ‘God loves you’ may have had some meaning in the days when people were more aware of his judgement than his love, but those days have long since gone.

Our task today is to make people aware of their need and not to concur with their dangerous assumptions. We need to put ourselves back under the authority of Scripture and we must be more diligent in our study of it. In other words, we must become truly Evangelical.

Frank Allred was born in South Lancashire, England, in 1923. At the age of thirty-nine, after wartime service and secular work, he trained for the ministry of the Church of England and then served in parishes in Lancashire, Merseyside, Essex and Yorkshire. He is now retired with his wife Sheila and has three children and six grandchildren. He has a number of books published by Grace Publications including: The eclipse of the gospel, Fix your eyes on Jesus and How can I be sure?

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