Each generation la called to re-examine the Church's Proclamation in the light of the Biblical record. This study is an attempt to investigate one phase of the Christian Gospel, its character of newness as presented in the New Testament. Such an investigation has peculiar relevance today in view of the attempt of Rudolf Bultmann to de-mythologize the New Testament message and to interpret it in a philosophical framework more acceptable to modern man. While this study is not primarily aimed at supporting or challenging Bultmann's position, its conclusions are presented by way of a brief critique of his demythologized Gospel.