Next time someone wants to reel you in and over-emphasize “cultural relevance” when it comes to sharing the gospel, remind them that the fads and trends we see today are no different from what Christians have seen throughout history. While it is possible to become irrelevant, presenting the gospel the way it has always been presented, simply Christ crucified, never becomes irrelevant. Justin Taylor has a post called: Bonar on Keeping Abreast of the Age and Trading Fidelity for Relevance

Here’s an excerpt of his excerpt of Horatius Bonar (1808-1889):

Many of our young men are more afraid of being reckoned Calvinistic than Platonic; they shrink from bold and definite statements of Reformation doctrine, lest they should be pronounced “not abreast of the age”–stereotyped, if not imbecile. Indefinite language, mystical utterances, negative or defective statements, which will save the speaker’s or writer’s orthodoxy without compromising his reputation for “intellect” and “liberality”–these are becoming common. Many are doing their best to serve two masters, to preach two gospels, to subscribe two confessions of faith, to worship two Gods, to combine to religions, to grasp two worlds; they would fain be neither very evangelical nor very heretical.

Hmmm. Indefinite language, mystical utterances… Sounds familiar.