There’s a war on. God is at work in our world; so are the forces of evil; and there really is no time or space for self-indulgent spiritualities that shirk the slightest personal cost, or even resist it on the grounds that all the desires and hopes one finds within one’s heart must be God-given and so must be realized…

There’s a war on; the kingdom is breaking in; sacrifices are required; to think otherwise is to risk total ruin.

Wright, T. (2004). Mark for Everyone (p. 127). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.