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gospel

[gos-puhl] / ˈgɒs pəl /


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But that’s a rule of thumb, not gospel.

From MarketWatch Jun. 2, 2026

Four times during the course of a nearly three-hour set of 27 songs — that included gospel, rock and Woody Guthrie-inspired American folk music — Springsteen stopped the show and spoke directly to the audience.

From Salon May 29, 2026

“Wonderful” extends the gospel feel and includes Chubby’s powerful falsetto.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

His disciples are now finding success and spreading his gospel all over Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

At home he hardly communicated with anyone but went immediately to his tiny room, where he listened to the gospel music of James Cleveland.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

It was Tyndale’s personal encounter with the gospels that caused him to risk everything—exile, shame, poverty, imprisonment—to put the Bible into the hands of ordinary people.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Pope Leo then took the book of the gospels to bless the people.

From BBC May 18, 2025

Pagels also points out that the gospels can’t be read as “gospel.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

She got some money from her college and entered into an obscure essay contest, writing about the Greek text of one of the gospels.

From Scientific American Jun. 22, 2023

And three or four nights a week, they were in their storefront rehearsing for the next Sunday, I guess, shaking and rattling and rolling the gospels with their guitars and tambourines.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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