• “a determination to take America back to its Christian roots through political power” • “a warm affirmation of self-esteem” In other words, the church without the gospel would look very much the way the evangelical church looks at this very moment. We cannot simply assume that we have the gospel. Unless we keep the gospel at the center of the church, we are always in danger of shoving it off to one side and letting something else take its place. Martin Luther rightly warned that “there is a clear