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What’s the Difference Between God’s Law and the Gospel?

November 20, 2023

Adriel Sanchez

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Ethics and Culture

What’s the Difference Between God’s Law and the Gospel?

25 min

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Ethics and Culture

What’s the Difference Between God’s Law and the Gospel?

25 min

“Distinguishing between the law and the gospel (they’re both good), but the law, in and of itself, is not good news for me as a sinner outside of Christ.”
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

  1. Is it ok for Christians to listen to music by artists who are devil worshippers?
  2. Will listening to Harry Potter books open my family to pagan practices?
  3. Is it sinful to not perfectly obey God, like not going to church?
  4. What’s the difference between the Gospel and God’s law?

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Adriel Sanchez

Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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