“How do we present the radical message of Christ in a church that has catered to the religious demands of the nominally committed?  In other words, if we have gathered people into congregations by appeasing their appetites and desires, how can we help them deal with the fact that their problems in life and character–even “in church”–are primarily caused by living to get what they want?  How can the cross and self-denial become the central fact in a prosperous, consumer culture (9).”