Simply Saying

This morning, I finished reading a classic text in New Testament theology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation by Vincent Taylor. Dr Taylor was a Methodist evangelist in early 20th century Britain, who by the time of his death in 1968 had become one of the leading New Testament scholars of his day. The book examines a great breadth of issues in New Testament theology related to the issue of God forgiving people and reconciling them to a relationship with him.

One of the final paragraphs summarizes his quest.
"The test of a theology is the extent to which, after full investigation, it permits us to describe the Gospel. We ask, therefore, What is the Gospel, and in what manner does it depend on the work of God in Christ? Perhaps, the final test of the theologian would be his ability to write a tract."

In Dr Taylor's opinion the truest test of a robust theology is that it expresses the gospel clearly and simply, especially to those still outside the faith.

What do you think about his statement that "the final test of a theologian would be [their] ability to write a tract"? What makes it difficult to keep things simple and clear? What attracts us to complexity?

When I was in seminary many times I heard people taking shots at tracts like The Four Spiritual Laws. Have you looked at the theology expressed in tracts like Would You Like to Know God Personally? or Two Ways to Live?