When we communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ only as a means to peace and happiness, already peaceful and happy pagans will politely listen and then turn away. We should not be surprised that a sin-numbed and self-deceived world will only shrug its shoulders and yawn at a gospel message whittled away to only “peace and happiness in Jesus.” Today’s evangelicals need to be reminded of the urgency of escaping God’s judgment. And it is a simple truth that “if the house is burning or the ship is sinking, you do not whisper ‘fire’ or ‘Mayday’; you shout it!”
Larry Dixon, “Warning a Wrath-Deserving World: Evangelicals and the Overhaul of Hell.” The Emmaus Journal, Vol.2/No.1, pg.12
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