What Is the Gospel? | The Jimmy Akin Podcast

The Jimmy Akin Podcast | Episode 027 (March 31, 2025)

Christians talk a lot about “the gospel,” and many of them know that this term means “good news.” But what—precisely—is that good news? In this episode, Jimmy Akin reviews a bunch of proposals for what the gospel is and reveals why they do not correspond to the New Testament’s own understanding of the gospel. For example, the gospel is NOT the message of how to “get saved” or “go to heaven.” He then reveals what the actual New Testament understanding of the gospel is, where it came from, and who it’s actually about.

Timecodes
00:00 – Coming Up
01:06 – Intro
01:40 – “The Gospel”
02:19 – “A Different Gospel”
03:26 – The Gospel = All of Scripture
05:44 – The Gospel = All Christian Doctrine
07:59 – The Gospel = Grace?
10:14 – The Gospel = My Favorite Doctrine
12:27 – The Gospel = Sola Fide? Sola Gratia?
15:02 – Gospel = How to “Get Saved”?
17:29 – What About Scripture?
18:18 – Good News in the Bible
19:02 – Good News in Isaiah
21:51 – The Gospel in the Gospels
25:04 – What’s Missing?
26:49 – Implications for the Gospel
27:36 – References in Other Passages
31:26 – The Gospel on the Angelic Level
34:24 – The Gospel and the Son
36:24 – What’s Still Missing
40:54 – Gospel Misconceptions
42:34 – Conclusion
43:04 – Closing/Outro
43:59 – End