Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)
Modern preachers are trying to bring men into the Church without requiring them to relinquish their pride; they are trying to help men avoid the conviction of sin.
The preacher gets up into the pulpit, opens the Bible, and addresses the congregation somewhat as follows: ‘You people are very good,’ he says; ‘you respond to every appeal that looks toward the welfare of the community. Now we have in the Bible–especially in the life of Jesus–something so good that we believe it is good enough even for you good people.’
Such is modern preaching. It is heard every Sunday in thousands of pulpits.
But it is entirely futile.
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