For the record, I did not mean to imply that "repent or perish" needs be delivered angrily or with yelling.

I ask this because it seems like sometimes we will not care about church growth or a wave of converts that much, so long as the Word is preached faithfully. But on the other hand we think that street preaching must be avoided at all costs instead for personal conversation, and this seems to be because the latter yields "nicer" results.

Let us always keep these verses in mind:

Luke 6:22 - Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Luke 6:26 - Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.

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Ben Maas. . . . .Facebook
In college, attending First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Ada, OH, and
Belle Center Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA), Belle Center, OH
When at home, attending Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC), Mansfield, OH

“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.”
-Jonathan Edwards-