The Church was born in the purity of the Gospel. The Gospel was the secret to her power and growth. Yet within a few decades, the apostles were writing letters to the young churches, correcting imbalances and errors, bringing the Church back to the pure course of the Gospel. The young Church had begun to absorb the philosophies and methods of the world around her. The Gospel had been watered down with human wisdom and religious tradition. Nineteen centuries later, the challenge of the New Testament epistles remains the same. We must get back to the purity of the Gospel. Back to the power of the Gospel.