Our methods must always be consistent and compatible with our message and not contradict it. This again is a most important point at this present time. There are men who are quite sincere and genuine and honest, and whose motive is undoubtedly good, and whose concern is to bring people to salvation. But this so runs away with them that in their desire to make contact with the people and to make it easy for them to believe the message, they do things which I suggest often contradict that very message. The moment the method contradicts the message, it has become bad. Let us have elasticity, but never to the point of contradicting your message.
This is not only true in terms of biblical principles but it is even proved to be right in practice. What always amazes me about these people who are so concerned with modern methods is their pathetic psychological ignorance; they do not seem to know human nature. The fact is that the world expects us to be different; and this very idea that you can win the world by showing that after all you are very similar to it, with scarcely any difference at all, or but a slight one, is basically wrong not only theologically but even psychologically.
— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1971) Preaching and Preachers
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