The gospel according to who?

Every time I log-in to the blogspot website and see the title of my blog staring me in the face, I can't help but wonder: "Is it sacrilegious to title my blog: The gospel according to Jeremy? Does that come across as a tad irreverent?"

I suppose it would be if I were trying to elevate my blog to the canonical status of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. But, of course, that's not the case. (Not by any stretch of the imagination!)

When I hear the word gospel, I think of its literal translation: good news. In the Bible, the greek word is evangelion, which means "to bring or announce good news." It's like in Luke 2 when the angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds who were watching their flocks on the night shift. What was the angel's purpose? To bring them the gospel--or good news. He said, "I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people."

In so many ways, that angel was the first evangelist documented in the New Testament. Why? Because he was there to bring the good news of the birth of Jesus to the shepherds.

And really, if you think about it, isn't that our primary Christian task? To be bearers of the good news as we've come to know it in Jesus Christ? I would argue that it is. Which is exactly why I've named this blog "The gospel according to Jeremy."

Because if there's one thing I've learned about the gospel, it's that it's not one-dimensional. It's not something that is fixed and flat and viewable only through the lens of a single perspective. No, the gospel has a multiplicity of dimensions and it takes a multiplicity of perspectives to view it in its fullness. The gospel is complex and complicated. It has all sorts of nooks and crannies that need to be explored and investigated. And I believe that each one of us has a uniquely distinctive perspective on the gospel that God calls us to share with the world.

So this blog is my unique perspective on the good news. It is the gospel according to Jeremy.

But what I'm interested to know is: What's the gospel according to you?