The Relevant Gospel

Apparently, our current love affair with being relevant rather than faithful doesn't appear to be a new one.

Woe to the Person who smoothly, flirtatiously, commandingly, convincingly preaches some soft sweet something which is supposed to be Christianity! Woe to the person who makes miracles reasonable. Woe to the person who betrays and breaks the mystery of faith, distorts it into public wisdom, because he takes away the possibility of offense!... Oh the time wasted in this enormous work if making Christianity so reasonable, and in trying to make it so relevant! ~Søren Kierkegaard, nineteenth century philosopher