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What is the Gospel? The Gospel in the New Testament: Fulfillment of the promise (Part3)
3 The Gospel in the New Testament: Fulfillment of the promise “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” According to Mark 1: 15, Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of God saying:The Greek word, euangelion, is used more than 100 times to refer to the Gospel. The New Testament consistently uses…
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What is the Gospel? The Gospel in the Old Testament: Promise of Yahweh’s Return (Part 2)
2 The Gospel in the Old Testament: Promise of Yahweh’s Return The bible uses the word ‘Gospel’ more than 120 times. The Old Testament alone employs the Hebrew word mebǎś∙śēr, translated as: to bring a [good] news, about 30 times (בְּשֹׂרָה, from which we get the Amharic equivalent – ብስራት). The Old Testament every so often uses it broadly to refer…
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What is the Gospel? The Centrality of the Gospel (Part 1)
1 – The Gospel as Christian World View – [su_dropcap]The [/su_dropcap] Gospel has become one of those things that could mean several things to several people. If you would like to prove that, just read few sentences that people write or say that have the word ‘gospel’ in it. If the gospel is a sort of fuzzy word that means…
