There is no such thing as The Gospel in the same way that there is no such thing as a circle. The Good News, like the perfect circle, lies forever beyond us and out of our reach. What we have is the gospel according to. Nothing more and nothing less.

Gordon Atkinson (contemp.) American minister, writer [a.k.a. Real Live Preacher]

The Christian Century, “The Gospel According to Anna” (25 Jan. 2005)

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