“The gospel is offensive enough—I don’t need to offend or hurt people even more with my clumsy delivery of the truth.”

We are called to be honest and share the Gospel, but the author illustrates two points very well. First of all, “Christianese” can go over like a lead balloon because the words have different meanings outside our circles. Second, we need to understand the culture we’re addressing and respect it—in a lot of areas of the world, “face” is hugely important, and you’ve got sometimes to present the Gospel without making the recipient ashamed.