The term evangelical is often poorly defined and frequently comes with cultural and political baggage. As the label has become more controversial, many Christians have begun to wonder if they should abandon it altogether.
Michael Reeves argues from a global, scriptural, and historical perspective that, while itâs not necessary to discard the label altogether, Christians must return to the root of the termâthe evangel, or âgospelââin order to understand what it truly means. He identifies the theology of evangelicalism and its essential doctrineâthe Fatherâs revelation in the Bible, the Sonâs redemption in the gospel, and the Spiritâs regeneration of the heartâcalling believers to stand with integrity as people of the gospel.