TERRY PIERCE "Deliberately Diverse" represents the opinions of a group of Taylor friends who never completely agree about anything but enjoy diverse discussions.

Two weeks ago, I introduced a conversation about the words "Gospel" and "Evangelize." To summarize, Paul borrowed these words from the Roman Empire.

In 44 BC, Emperor Julius Ceasar was deified and subsequently the birth of August was declared to be "good news," or euangelion, for the whole world.