same question in another way: ‘What was the gospel according to Jesus?’ And, is the gospel preached today by the Church the same message Jesus preached? Why, then, are there so few references to ‘Kingdom of God’ and fewer still to the rigors of discipleship in Christian proclamation? The answer: the gospel today is in need of redefinition because it is gospel that has wandered away from its Lord’s original definition and articulation. Where might we begin if we wish to return, as Israel did to the