Another quality eBook from Chapel Library. Nineteenth century Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon explains the centrality of the atonement to the Gospel. Excerpt: “The heart of the Gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. They who preach this truth preach the Gospel in whatever else they may be mistaken; but they who preach not the atonement, whatever else they declare, have missed the soul and substance of the divine message.”