Jesus + (________) = 0: When We Add to the Gospel, We Lose the Gospel
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Bible StudiesChristian LivingGeneral Christianity
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 3 2026
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Performance. Rules. Money. Politics. Special revelation. Spiritual experiences. Success. Even good things can become dangerous when they are placed beside Christ as though His saving work were not enough.
In JESUS + (________) = 0: When We Add to the Gospel, We Lose the Gospel, Pastor John E. Miller returns to Paul's urgent warning in Galatians 1 and asks a question every generation of Christians must face: Have we kept the gospel centered on Jesus, or have we quietly added something to it?
Through Scripture-centered teaching and practical application, this book examines counterfeit messages such as the performance gospel, legalistic gospel, prosperity gospel, health-and-wealth gospel, political gospel, religious-elite gospel, experience gospel, transactional gospel, cheap-grace gospel, and other distortions that either add to Christ or remove repentance, holiness, and transformation from the Christian life.
At the heart of the book is a simple framework:
G - Grace
O - Only Jesus
S - Sacrifice
P - Pardon
E - Eternal Life
L - Life Transformed
This is not a book arguing that obedience, holiness, good works, church, or spiritual growth do not matter. It is a call to put them in their proper place. We are not saved because we become holy enough. We are saved by grace through Jesus Christ, and that same grace begins transforming us through the Holy Spirit.
Inside you will discover how to recognize false teaching, distinguish holiness from legalism, understand grace without falling into cheap grace, test spiritual claims against Scripture, recognize spiritual manipulation, respond to the gospel personally, and live with confidence in the sufficiency of Christ.
The message of Galatians remains as urgent today as it was in the first century:
Do not add to Jesus what Jesus does not need.
Do not remove from the gospel what Jesus clearly taught.
There is no other gospel.
JESUS = ENOUGH.
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