current times. Our responsibility in love to our congregations is both to encourage them and to clarify the differences between the Christian gospel and lesser spiritualities. It leads us to ask some pertinent and difficult questions of our day: What will motivate people to hold on to the truth of the gospel? How do we encourage people to see the preciousness of a received tradition? And in a culture of multiple perspectives and religious beliefs, is Christian language about the “truth” of the gospel