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The essence of the gospel is justification, a doctrine most evangelicals don't even understand (myself included for many years). We do have fellowship with Christ, but this is a result of being reconciled to God through the propitiation of Christ's blood.

I am so glad you posted this, and I totally agree that this is lacking in today's churches. Most churches would rather engage in either flighty and trendy fads (such as the personal relationship), act as advocates of the Republican party, or go into great depth into books of the Bible (which is a good thing for a Christian) without really teaching the Gospel (which is a bad thing for the Christian). I have tried to state this elsewhere....teaching the Gospel is imperative. Most people in the pews do not really know the Gospel.

Grace is not common.