Don't mistake the *centrality* of the gospel in scriptural teaching for the *exclusivity* of the gospel. The gospel has an agent (God), a presupposition (creation and providence, the fall), a root (God's decree), a consequence (the church, sanctification), and a goal (God).

We can't fully appreciate what Scripture teaches about the gospel apart from what it teaches about these other topics as well.

Some of the most common errors in academic theology (e.g., related to theological method, soteriology, etc.) and ministry (e.g., the "gospel-centered" phenomenon at its worst) follow from a confusion of *centrality* with *exclusivity*.

One of the quickest ways to recover from a misstep on this point is to study a good catechism like the Heidelberg Catechism. "All that is promised us in the gospel" is central. But that centrality is located in the context of the full trinitarian scope of scriptural teaching.

So keep your gospel centrality, but let the catechism carry you to greater heights. https://twitter.com/FeelGoodPage11/status/1385873308961280006?s=20