The 3 Circles

The “Three Circles” tool is a simple way to explain the gospel through the lens of:

1. God’s design,
2. Sin’s entrance into the world and the brokenness it creates, and
3. How the gospel of Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection is the means to recover and pursue God’s design in life and the created order.

If a narrative of God’s design, our brokenness, and the redeeming power of the gospel sound familiar, it is because that language echoes ideas Reformed thinkers have articulated for centuries as regards the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ—often using the terms Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration.