There is a kind of Christianity that is angry with the sinful world, and it is reflected in a brand of preaching that rails against the evils of our time. It is angry because it really does not adequately reflect on the human condition: By nature, we are blind, bound and dead. We cannot see the glory of Christ, we do not have the power to stop sinning, and we will not come to Christ and follow Him. Blaring the horns of condemnation may give vent to Christian frustrations but it will do nothing to solve the problem. Hope lies not in shouting commands from a distance, but in the power of a new
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