Eldredge believes that the neglect of two important truths has contributed to the loss of the treasure of the Gospel. The first is that conversational intimacy is available to the people of God. Because of the loss of this, God for most Christians feels distant and is served only in duty. The second is that there is a real enemy and a real battle going on within, and around, us. The fact of warfare is, according to Eldredge, assumed by Scripture, and a denial of this fact causes the "problem" of Theodicy.