That is the agenda of this book — to correlate earlier meanings of the Gospel with today's culture, especially as found in our communication media, in order to develop relevant understanding, interpretations and testimony today. (religion-online.org)
(Paul M. van Buren, The Secular Meaning of the Gospel [New York: Macmillan, 1963], p. 8.) (religion-online.org)
The fact that the church expected a coming that did not visibly take place should not blind us to the true meaning of the Gospel as containing the picture of God, always «coming» to us in Christ. (religion-online.org)