In Eng­lish, the word gospel is laden with reli­gious mean­ing, but when Jesus and the apos­tles used the word euan­ge­lion (good news/gospel) they were using a non­re­li­gious word from their cul­ture. There’s a good list­ing of ancient uses of the word at the Perseus Dig­i­tal Library, and by com­bin­ing that list with some oth­er resources … Con­tin­ue read­ing Pre-Chris­t­ian Uses Of “Gospel”