Exodus, Empire and Repentance And here’s the thing; the gospel is about exodus, it is about exiting deathly patterns of life and being embraced by Life Abundant. But “curing” gays is not the gospel. Shame is not the gospel. Indeed, Paul says that he is “not ashamed of the gospel” precisely in a context in which it is offered free of charge to those who the empire most deeply dismisses as ‘shameful.’