We must not fall into a spirit of accommodation in which we treat the human condition as due to anything less than sin. If we fail at that point, the gospel we proclaim will be a gospel without meaning, for it will not be a solution to any real problem. But, at the same time, we will have to speak the truths of the Bible in ways the new generation can understand. We will have to abandon clich s and challenge some thinking. Third, we will need to minister in a context of community.
Most people are deeply and desperately alone.
Most of their felt needs as well as their real needs stem from this sad lack, and genuine Christian fellowship among those who have found God in Jesus Christ is the answer to it. In teaching a generation that knows almost nothing about the Bible, Jesus Christ, or the way of salvation, we may have to begin with the milk of the Word before serving the meat. But we will have to have meat on the menu. It will not do to offer lettuce alone, still less a salad bar from which one can choose only what looks good. It won't help to skip the main courses and serve nothing but sweet desserts either.