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 itās not necessary to discard the label altogether, Christians must return to the root of the termāthe evangel, or āgospelāāin order to understand what it truly means. He identifies the theology of evangelicalism and its essential doctrineāthe Fatherās revelation in the Bible, the Sonās redemption in the gospel, and the Spiritās regeneration of the heartācalling believers to stand with integrity as people of the gospel.