WHEATON, IL - In a grave warning to the Christian authors and religious bookstores around the world, Crossway Publishing announced Monday that the world's reserves of book titles containing the phrase "Gospel-Centered" are estimated to run dry by the year 2053.
The announcement came as a shock to publishers of gospel-centered resources, as previous reports had estimated the reserves of book concepts that could have "Gospel-Centered" shoehorned onto the title could last until 2124 at the very least. But accelerated tapping of the term among Christian publishers has seen the precious resource, the "lifeblood" of the theologically conservative book industry, diminishing at an alarming rate.
"Low-hanging fruit like 'Gospel-Centered Preaching,' 'Gospel-Centered Discipleship,' 'Gospel-Centered