Faith Evans

My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.

American Musician

Paulo Coelho

Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity.

Brazilian Novelist

Francis Schaeffer

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.

American Theologian

Yolanda Adams

There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.

Russell M. Nelson

We make the Sabbath a delight when we teach the gospel to our children.

American Clergyman

Gabby Barrett

I was influenced by gospel and Christian music from a very young age.

Kirk Franklin

It's important for a gospel artist not to try to be mainstream.

American Singer

Gordon B. Hinckley

You will find peace and happiness if you will live the gospel.

Robert Glasper

I'm from the gospel world. I grew up playing in church.

John Piper

Understand that 'gospel' refers to core Christian teachings, key to grasping its significance in religious context.

Central to Christianity

While 'gospel' is religious, it's used metaphorically to express a strong belief in any information.

Beyond Religion

Remember, 'gospel' specifically refers to the four biblical accounts of Jesus's life and teachings.

Specific Chapters

Each gospel is named after its author - Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John.

Named After Authors

Gospel music often has a joyful and uplifting style, aimed at praising God or providing comfort.

Uplifting Music Style

Gospel music has strong roots in African American culture, important for understanding its emotional depth.

Cultural Heritage

Using 'gospel' idiomatically shows complete trust in what is being stated as though it’s an undisputed fact.

Expression of Trust

Be cautious; what's accepted as 'gospel' may not always be true, inviting critical thinking.

Questionable Certainty

 preach a gospel of what a wonderful thing it is deliver on nature but of course his own life seems to tell a different moral his own life tells the story of of how destructive we are as a species and that in fact Henry David Thoreau would have been a lot more good for nature if he had stayed at home in Cambridge instead of going out into the woods outside of Concord and this is a

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 If you have, I'm so happy. She's one of the innovators of rock 'n' roll guitar, and one of the first crossover artists from gospel to secular. She's an incredibly important figure, and I'm going to talk about her whenever I can. So these are a couple of her tunes. And don't worry -- you're going to get your chance to sing.

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 what they do is they dress up as stuffed animals and entertain people at sporting events shortly after that I got invited to speak at the convention of the people who make balloon animals and again I couldn't go but it's a fascinating group they make balloon animals there's a big schism between the ones who make gospel

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 with the legs because their legs come at the same time as the head they kind of land on those front legs that kind of hits the lungs between the front legs and that almost stimulates them to take a kick the gospel air here we go mom's helping it up come on there we go little

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 on what I was certain would be my long, long life. As is this case with many of us, it's a mindset that served me well. The gospel of success drove me to achieve, to dream big, to abandon fear. It was a mindset that served me well

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 widening inequality is efficient, and the only purpose of the corporation can be to enrich shareholders, because to do otherwise would be to slow economic growth and harm the economy overall. And it is this gospel of selfishness

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 and when they stood up for their rights, the whole world changed. And you had an immediate response to that call to action. That message really appealed to me. Yeah. It was sort of a social gospel message. Yeah.

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 who were creating jobs and changing lives and who needed a little help. But if I'm being honest, it also spread because I fought to spread it. There was no length to which I would not go to preach this gospel,

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 and we'd sing gospel songs. Those songs, that art inspired these people and it helped them make it through. Activism is how we change the world.

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 It's all there in gospels A Magdalene girl comes to pay her respects But her mind is awhirl