of an animate, spiritual world with the terrestrial human reality transcends what you would typically hear in church. When Bible scholars talk about the gospel, it’s usually in a dialect of academese. We like to spell out what the gospel is and isn’t propositionally. We point out that the Greek term translated “gospel” (euangelion) means “good news.” The “good news” refers to how Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection are the basis for the forgiveness of our
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