The gospel is a simple but profound message. Yet, historically, even its simplicity has been confounded through its entanglement with the culture surrounding it. Over the centuries, alterations and misconstruals of the gospel have clouded the simplicity of its merciful message and have often become embedded in church culture. When we add religiously or culturally to the gospel's essence, we alter the gospel. Or we might take into our own hands some important element of receiving God's grace and, thus, attempt to qualify ourselves for God's mercy.
Bad theology loves to hide in cultural places and habits.
Let me cite two examples of how our own technological culture colors the truth of the gospel and Christian living in regards to missions and Bible study.