Over the last decade or so, the term "gospel-centered" has become very popular among some followers of Jesus. Many words have issued forth from those people as to what it means to be gospel-centered. It has also triggered much thought on the matter in me—both what it means to be gospel-centered and how that compares to the thinking of those who love the term. The gospel is the backbone of the Bible—the basic story that all the other stories, moral teachings, chronicles, proph