Franciscan University Presents "Being Transformed by the Gospel" With guest, Fr. John Riccardo Additional Resources from Fr. John Riccardo As Fr. John Riccardo discussed that the kerygma, the gospel or the “good news”, can be broken down into four parts and...
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Franciscan University Presents "Being Transformed by the Gospel" With guest, Fr. John Riccardo Additional Resources from Fr. John Riccardo As Fr. John Riccardo discussed that the kerygma, the gospel or the “good news”, can be broken down into four parts and then further into four words: CREATED, CAPTURED, RESCUED, RESPONSE. Most Christians don’t know the “story” and don’t particularly understand the consequences of what Sin does in terms of our relationship with God. How we have become “captured” by the enemy, that is to say Satan, the devil, the Evil One, and now live in “his” kingdom. In his most recent book, Rescued: The Unexpected and Extraordinary News of the Gospel, Fr. Riccardo details out how being captured by the enemy sets the stage for the Rescue effort done by Jesus when He became Man. Knowing that a good and loving God created us out of sheer love and wants us to be happy, do you ever wonder how it all went wrong? We know that there is only one God. We aren’t living in tha
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