Corey Trimble

“There is an ever-growing trend in the western church to somehow “soften” the Gospel of Jesus Christ and make it more palatable to the sensitivities of seekers and churchgoers alike, but if the story of a holy and merciful God taking the punishment for our sins and wickedness upon Himself is somehow softened and watered down (with all those parts about “sin”, “wrath” and “hell” taken out so people won’t feel bad), that’s not really “Gospel” at all. The word “Gospel” simply means “good news”. It’s good news that we’re broken, because that means we can stop trying to be good on our own and rest in the completed and finished work of Jesus on the cross. But people will never find that peace if we feed them a cheap substitute that won’t save anyone. That kind of cheap and blasphemous distortion might grow “churches” (not the Biblical kind, just the cultural kind), but it won’t change lives.”
― Corey Trimble, Authentic Pursuit: Building a Church from Nothing