Originally Posted by chestnutmare
Is your daughter a professing Christian? Is this young male suitor also a professing Christian? What reason can they give as evidence of this? If your daughter is not a believer then she should not marry a believer and vice versa lest they become unequally yoked.

Did you forget who you are writing to? And the questions are completely off-topic. Both kids are unquestionably believers, both raised in Christian homes. But of course, the premise is to ensure both sets of parents that their child is indeed courting a believer. While we really have no doubt of it, we believe it necessary to have them both each define the gospel as they understand it.

My original question for discussion, however, was to discover why so many people - even people who have known Christ all their lives and been trained up in the Christian faith - find it so awkward and difficult to define the gospel.