After the service last night, a young man (he looked to be a in his mid to later 20’s) came up to be and talked to me about the preaching that comes through the mission. He talked about how the hard hell-fire preaching seems to be useless and ineffective. I think this is a good lesson to myself and all preachers. There is a ditch on both sides of the road. God is just and loving. Jesus is receptive to those that come, but a cross is required. Let this be a lesson. Gospel preaching without the love and grace of God, is harsh and unreasonable. Gospel preaching without the demands of repentance and self-denial, is irrelevant, untruthful and produces false converts.

Preaching > Teaching > Reaching
About the Author
Ronnie Brown is the pastor of Faith Community Church in Trenton, Ga and a missionary with Anchored In The Rock Prison Ministry. He is also the producer and host of the Forgotten Podcast and the author of two books based on the same podcast. He and his wife Carey have been married since 1998 and they have four children and one grand child.

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