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A brush fire is sweeping through evangelical circles, scorching the fine edges of the words “gospel” and “gospel ministry.”
一场灌木野火正席卷福音派圈子，灼烧着“福音”和“福音事工”这些词语的精细边界。
Couched in appealing language and ambiguous slogans, it finds kindling in a new generation steeped in a popular liberal mindset, ungrounded in sound New Testament theology.
它披着动听的语言和含糊的口号，在一代深受流行自由派思维浸染、却缺乏扎实新约神学根基的人群中找到了可燃之物。
It is gathering droves of Christians who see it as a balanced approach to ministry.
它正在聚集大批基督徒，这些人将其视为一种平衡的事工方式。
In past years, it was called The Social Gospel.
在过去的年代里，它被称为“社会福音”（The Social Gospel）。
Today, those who label this wildfire by that term, risk being viewed as unprogressive, compassionless or throwbacks to an epoch of fundamentalist isolationism.
如今，那些用这个词来指称这场野火的人，可能会被视为不进步、缺乏怜悯，或是倒退回原教旨主义孤立时代的遗民。
In this book, we will show that a version of the social gospel is being revived under the guise of a new emphasis on mercy ministry and social justice.
在本书中，我们将表明，社会福音的一种版本正在以重新强调怜悯事工和社会公义为幌子而复兴。
This is a new form that far transcends a call to more involvement with the needs of society.
这是一种新的形式，远远超出了单纯呼吁更多参与社会需要的范畴。
It is a theological system of its own, a worldview that redefines the mission of the church, the kingdom of God, Christian living and even the content of the word “gospel” itself.
它本身就是一个神学体系，是一种世界观，重新定义了教会的使命、上帝的国、基督徒的生活，甚至连“福音”一词本身的内容也被重新界定。
It is almost a religion of its own.
它几乎成了一种独立的宗教。
Mercy ministry is plainly taught in the Bible as a gift of the Spirit and a necessary outworking of local church life.
怜悯事工在圣经中被清楚教导为圣灵的恩赐，也是地方教会生活中必然的外在实践。
Zealous efforts to help the poor are wonderful.
热心帮助穷人的努力本是美好的。
When such enthusiasm impinges on the meaning of the gospel or the mission of the church, we have a mandate to become alarmed.[2]
当这样的热忱侵蚀福音的意义或教会的使命时，我们就有责任发出警觉。[2]
About the Authors
关于作者
Dr. Roger Smalling and his wife Dianne are missionaries to Latin America with the Presbyterian Church In America, a theologically conservative branch of the Reformed movement.
罗杰·斯莫林博士（Dr. Roger Smalling）和他的妻子黛安娜（Dianne）是隶属于美国长老会（Presbyterian Church In America）的拉丁美洲宣教士，该教会是改革宗运动中一个神学上持守保守立场的分支。
He is director of “Visión R.E.A.L”, (Reforma En América Latina), dedicated to training Latin American Christians in principles of biblical leadership and sound theology.
他是“Visión R.E.A.L”（Reforma En América Latina，意为“拉丁美洲改革”）的主任，该机构致力于以合乎圣经的领导原则和纯正神学来装备拉丁美洲的基督徒。
Chapter 1: A Biblical Mandate?
第一章：一个圣经的使命？
Chapter 2: Flirting with Fallacy
第二章：与谬误调情
Chapter 3: What’s It All About?
第三章：这一切究竟关乎什么？
Chapter 4: Bizarre Interpretations
第四章：怪异的解经
Chapter 5: The Mission of Jesus
第五章：耶稣的使命
Chapter 6: Jesus and the Poor
第六章：耶稣与穷人
Chapter 7: The Creation Mandate
第七章：创造使命
Chapter 8: The Cultural Mandate
第八章：文化使命
Chapter 9: Redeeming the Creation
第九章：救赎受造界
Chapter 10: Cash and Conscience
第十章：金钱与良心
Chapter 11: Biblical Mercy Ministry
第十一章：合乎圣经的怜悯事工
Chapter 12: The Church Is a Success
第十二章：教会是成功的
Chapter 13: Balancing a Marble
第十三章：平衡一颗弹珠（Marble，指弹珠，用作比喻）
Chapter 14: Evangelism and Social Justice
第十四章：传福音与社会公义
Chapter 15: New Testament Versus Misused
第十五章：被误用的新约经文
Chapter 16: Old Testament Verses Misused
第十六章：被误用的旧约经文
Chapter 17: Buzz Words
第十七章：流行词汇
Chapter 18: Comparing Old, New and the Bible
第十八章：旧约、新约与整本圣经的比较