The Gospel
The Good News, kept the main thing.
A Note to Our Audience: The Gospel column has a new focus. For years, this space covered the gospel music industry. Going forward, it covers something greater: the Gospel itself. The message that saves. The truth that transforms. Preached, lived, and kept the main thing.
To the Bone-Tired Woman: Jesus Is Your Strength for the Unfinished Season
For the bone-tired woman in an unfinished season, John 4 shows a weary Savior who finished His saving work and invites her into a harvest she was never meant to carry alone.
In Defense of the Faith: What Makes Jesus Different from Other Religious Leaders
Jesus’ own claims, the Godhead, the empty tomb and more than 500 witnesses equip Christians to explain why Jesus Christ stands alone.
Thirty, Sixty, and a Hundredfold: What Does the Bible Say About Your Harvest?
The hundredfold harvest is often preached as a financial return. The parable of the sower, Isaac’s famine harvest, and Mark 10 reveal a fuller picture.
Calling Those Things Which Be Not: What Romans 4:17 Really Says
Speak those things which be not as though they were” is widely taught. Romans 4:17 describes God, who watches over His Word to perform it.
Binding and Loosing: What Matthew 18:18 Really Means
Matthew 18:18 is central to spiritual warfare prayer. Its Jewish background and Greek wording reveal where the believer’s authority comes from.
“Don’t Put Your Mouth on the Man of God”: What Scripture Says About Questioning Leaders
“Touch not mine anointed” and “don’t put your mouth on the man of God” are used to shield leaders. The Hebrew text and Scripture tell a fuller story.
The Danger of an Improper Understanding of Divine Election
Romans 9 is often used to defend a closed list of the chosen. Read with Romans 10 and 11, it reveals a mercy that reaches the whole world.
How Can God Be Sovereign and Not the Author of Evil?
Scripture holds two truths without strain. God reigns completely. Man chooses freely. A study through Samson, Joseph, Pharaoh, the Cross, and the Potter and the Clay.
When You Know the Word and Still Fall
You prayed. You quoted Scripture. You wanted to obey. And still, you fell. This Gospel column explores the question: who is actually responsible for your transformation?
Is Marriage a Blood Covenant? What Scripture Actually Says
Millions were taught a wife's blood seals the marriage covenant before God. Scripture never makes that claim. Here's what it actually says.
The Bible Was Never Meant to Agree With You
We open the Word already holding our position, and we go hunting for the verse that blesses it. This piece names the quiet danger in how we read our Bibles, and the one question underneath it all. Who is Lord, you or God?
When Good Things Become gods
A Scripture-rooted look at how good things become gods, and the one foundation that has never once moved.
Your Testimony Is Not the Gospel
Most believers share their story and think they have shared the Gospel. There is a difference, and it matters for salvation.
When God Doesn't Fix It
A powerful, Scripture-rooted word for anyone who has prayed the prayer that has not been answered. Hold on to Him, not to the outcome.
The Scoreboard We Can't Stop Keeping
The Gospel offends something deep in us, the part that would rather earn than receive. Here’s a Scripture-rooted look at why grace is so hard to accept and why it is the only thing that saves.
What Is the Gospel, Really?
he Gospel is one of the most used and least understood words in Christianity. A plain, Scripture-rooted walk through the Good News, from the fall in Eden to the promise of eternal life in Christ.
Don't Chase Money. Pursue the Mission.
When money becomes the compass, the mission becomes the casualty. A clear, Scripture-rooted look at why ministries and nonprofits must pursue their calling over funding.
Rewriting the Sabbath: Tasha Cobbs Leonard, John Legend, and the Gospel of Mondays
Gospel star Tasha Cobbs Leonard teams up with John Legend on “Church,” stirring debate over faith, tradition, and the future of gospel music.
Stellar Awards 2025: BeBe & CeCe Winans to Host 40th Anniversary Celebration
The 40th Stellar Gospel Music Awards returns to Nashville with BeBe & CeCe Winans hosting and a star-studded lineup honoring gospel music’s legacy.
GloRilla’s BET Gospel Win Sparks Praise, Debate, and Reflection on Faith in Music
GloRilla wins BET’s Best Gospel Award for “Rain Down on Me” featuring Kirk Franklin—sparking praise, backlash, and conversation about gospel’s future.