Thursday, August 16, 2007

on the gospel

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

3 comments:

Chris Anderson said...

You'd prefer definition #5?

Don Johnson said...

he he!

Maybe, over the big "C", anyway.

And of course that depends on what you mean by definition number 5.

Regards,
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

Chris Anderson said...

Nice. I'm thinking of a new blog post:

Fundamentalist Prefers Cathedrals to Calvinists!