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“We need a fresh understanding of the lostness of men. There are few who seem to care. Millions have still never heard His name after two thousand years of church history. …
…I’m not concerned how much you know about the Word of God. I ask people today, “Do you know God?”, and they usually back off. …
…Evangelistic preaching is more challenging , dramatic and stirring, and brings with it more responsibility than doing open-heart surgery. Aren’t we really doing open-heart surgery in evangelism? I think the evangelism of this day is the biggest enemy to revival because it’s so shallow.
The Puritan preachers feared more than anything else the sin of “plucking unripe fruit.” They were afraid of false converts in their ministry, and that it would be the means of their damnation rather than their salvation.” -Leonard Ravenhill (from In Light of Eternity, Ravenhill Biography)