It is folly to the world, even though it is the power of God to those who are being saved.

This good news is:

1.  Christological

• Centred on Christ -Who He is and What He has accomplished
• ie - The gospel is centred on the cross and resurrection
• the gospel is not proclaimed if Christ is not proclaimed, and
• the authentic Christ has not been proclaimed if his death and resurrection are not central (the message is “Christ died for our sins . . . [and] was raised”).

2.  Biblical

• His death and resurrection are according to the Scriptures

3.  Theological and Salvific

• belief in Christ and his redemptive work on the Cross truly saves people from Sin and its power.
• Christ died for our sins, to reconcile us to God,

4.   Historical

• The saving events did happen in time and history, verifiable by the best scholarly means
• If the saving events did not happen, our faith is worthless, we are still in our sins, and we are to be pitied more than all others,

5.  Apostolic

• the message was entrusted to and transmitted by the apostles, who were witnesses of these saving events,  and

6.  Intensely personal

• where it is received, believed, and held firmly, individual persons are saved