Ron Martoia recently wrote a book, "Static", that questions the degree of "Christianese" the church employs to the detriment of our mission in the world. It calls for a new lexicon that speaks to emerging generations, a lexicon that is closer to the original meanings of spiritual terms. I found it helpful to read about how Christian missionaries are often deservedly celebrated as innovative when they discover how to break though to a remote tribe by idiomatically translating scripture to place the human soul in the palm or throat, for example; and observes that certain attempts to do this for our own North American youth culture get accused of "selling out" or "watering down" the gospel. 

"Gospel" - now there's a word that could use some examination and re-lexiconing!