There is a word that millions of Christians use to describe themselves, yet few can define with confidence. Evangelical. Over recent decades it has been pulled in so many cultural and political directions that some believers have quietly stopped using it altogether, unsure whether it still means what they believe. But before we discard a word, we would do well to ask what it was always pointing toward—because at its root, evangelical is simply the English cousin of the Greek euangelion: gospel. Good news. And good news, by definition, is always about something that has already happened.
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This moment of cultural confusion about Christian identity is, in a strange way, a gift. It is an invitation to stop leaning on a label and start standing on a foundation. That foundation is not a political coalition or a cultural tradition. It is a Person, a cross, an empty tomb, and a living Lord. The question worth asking is not merely
