Comments on: Gospel Definitions: R.C. Sproul http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2008/05/07/gospel-definitions-rc-sproul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gospel-definitions-rc-sproul Kingdom People - Living on Earth as Citizens of Heaven Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DaveM http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2008/05/07/gospel-definitions-rc-sproul/#comment-2389 DaveM Thu, 08 May 2008 03:11:15 +0000 http://trevinwax.wordpress.com/?p=1270#comment-2389 When the apostles and the Lord Jesus himself used the word gospel they were using a word that was in the vocabulary of their hearers. The gospel was the good news that runners carried throughout the Greek city-states proclaiming that the Saviour-King had ascended to his throne. “The word gospel, after all, was an imperial-political word, meaning that the Saviour-King has ascended to his throne and he reigns.” - R. J. Rushdoony, The Roots of Reconstruction When the apostles and the Lord Jesus himself used the word gospel they were using a word that was in the vocabulary of their hearers. The gospel was the good news that runners carried throughout the Greek city-states proclaiming that the Saviour-King had ascended to his throne.

“The word gospel, after all, was an imperial-political word, meaning that the Saviour-King has ascended to his throne and he reigns.” – R. J. Rushdoony, The Roots of Reconstruction

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