From D. A. Carson's Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians (pp. 12-13)
- I would like to buy about three dollars worth of gospel, please.
- Not too much – just enough to make me happy, but not so much that I get addicted.
- I don’t want so much gospel that I learn to really hate covetousness and lust.
- I certainly don’t want so much that I start to love my enemies, cherish self-denial, and contemplate missionary service in some alien culture.
- I want ecstasy, not repentance.
- I want transcendence, not transformation.
- I would like to be cherished by some nice, forgiving, broad-minded people, but I myself don’t want to love those from different races – especially if they smell.
- I would like enough gospel to make my family secure and my children well behaved, but not so much that I find my ambitions redirected or my giving too greatly enlarged.
- I would like about three dollars worth of the gospel, please.
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