What is the Gospel?

What is the Gospel? This paper surveys a variety of definitions of the “gospel,” and sets forth a biblical synthesis of the “gospel,” with a focus on the 76 times (79 in TR) the noun eujaggevlion (euaggelion) and the 54 times (55 in TR) the verb eujaggelivzw (euaggelizō) occur in the N.T. The paper then argues that we should be more precise in the use of the term “gospel,” and finally suggests how the term can be appropriately applied to our ministry of God’s Word.