Over 30 years ago while I was taking Bible survey in college, the professor said something that has always stayed with me (probably the only thing from that particular class that I remember). He said "Preachers should never talk about hell with a smile on their face." Unfortunately, too many preachers have acted like they enjoyed the thought of some people going to hell, and as a result others are afraid to even mention the subject, a subject Jesus clearly believed in and taught."If sinners be dammed, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for."
- Charles Spurgeon
God save us (save me) from the extremes of either ignoring this Biblical truth or not feeling the compassion of Christ when talking about it!
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