Practical Gospel Christianity
                          is the ministry of the Carpenter's shop

THE GOSPEL: The life and teachings of Jesus in the New Testament.
The PRACTICAL GOSPEL: The Gospel applied to TODAY.
Special focus of the Practical Gospel Includes:

2. A 40 DAY GOSPEL FAST
This ministry is for the person who truly strives for a better quality of life, and is serious about living life to the fullest, in all the glory and presence of God. This is time when you ‘fast’ everything that is not the gospel, and come into total revelation of all God has given to you – which is everything he has (Luke 12:32, 15:31). You can do this fast in 40 days – or 40 weeks. You set the pace. By the time you finish it you will be living at a much higher level spiritually. As Jesus prayed, God’s will is accomplished on earth – IN YOU – as it is in heaven.

“A big welcome from Roger and Eileen Himes,
Founders of The Carpenter’s Shop Ministries,
Castle Rock, Colorado.

May your life in the gospel become as rich and rewarding to you as ours has become to us. It truly is the presence and power of God: His love, peace and joy in every area of our daily lives!”

Experience and live it personally! Impart it abundantly! God wants you to live in total rightness, peace and joy. His grace is freely given to all, but you must receive it in faith. His love for you is so unconditional it defies understanding and comprehension. The good news of the gospel is that God is not mad at you. If you think he is, Paul says it’s only in your mind, and not reality (Col 1:22). Jesus took our sin, and the wrath that was due us, and gave us his righteousness.

Due to the finished work of the cross of Christ, Christianity is a JOY to live, and we are infused with God’s power if we believe his gospel and receive the revelation of his imparted righteousness. But many Christians live life striving, and trying to be right with God. Paul calls this ‘self righteousness,’ which only shows we are ignorant of God’s righteousness and don’t understand the gift we have been given (Rom 10:3-4). Our identity – who we are in Christ – is all based on what he has done, not on what we do. Jesus came to bring us God’s revelation light, his unconditional love, and his abundant life. All he asks is that we simply believe him and trust him.

Thus, Jesus’ first sermon was that the Kingdom of God was here, and we should “Repent and believe the gospel” (Mk 1:14-15). He says belief is the ‘work’ of the Christian (John 6:29). The Old Testament demanded what it could not produce. The cross brought reformation (Heb 9:10), and now the New Testament produces in us what it does not demand. No wonder Hebrews 11:40 says it’s a better deal for us. If you’re a believer, you’re forgiven, accepted, loved, and totally righteous in the eyes of God.

Jesus promised we’d have problems and trouble in life, but he said to have joy, even in our problems, because he has overcome the world (John 16:33). This is the nature of the gospel. It empowers us in all areas of life. He says if we do things his way, -- believe and receive his gospel -- then his way will be easy (Matt 11:28). He says to enter his rest, not into his work. Religion demands that we live life right, but the gospel enables us to live right – it empowers us to live better by accident than we ever could on purpose. This is because it is the gospel that produces good fruit in our lives (Col 1:5-6). This fruit of the Spirit takes deep root in us, and overflows from us to others, as God gives us everything he has to give (Luke 12:32, 15:31). Thus Paul calls us joint, equal heirs with Jesus himself (Rom 8:17).