What does the word ‘gospel’ mean?
Here is Merriam-Webster OnLine
1 a often capitalized : the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation b capitalized : one of the first four New Testament books telling of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; also : a similar apocryphal book c : an interpretation of the Christian message [the social gospel]
2 capitalized : a lection from one of the New Testament Gospels
3 : the message or teachings of a religious teacher
4 : something accepted or promoted as infallible truth or as a guiding principle or doctrine [took her words as gospel] [spreading the gospel of conservation — R. M. Hodesh]
5 : gospel music
Funny… to hear some bloggers talk you would think ‘gospel’ = ‘Calvinism’. Odd, eh?
Regards,
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
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