When you hear ‘defend the gospel’ what kind of thoughts and actions come to mind? Who are you defending it from? To what lengths must you go? The Apostle Paul was a stalwart defender of the gospel and has written many letters about that topic. Here we take a look at the situation that Paul was addressing in first century Galatia, how he address the readers of this letter then and let us consider what it means for us today to defend the gospel.