Preach Magazine Issue 5 - Preaching to the unconverted | Page 30

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FEATURE

Preaching
for
a decision
by Charlie Cleverly

TO LISTEN TO A SERMON IS NOT MERELY
A MATTER OF BEING ENLIGHTENED
A LITTLE ABOUT GOD AND MAN, BUT
PULLED INTO A CONFLICT WHERE
STEEL CLASHES WITH STEEL. GOD’S
TRUTH WISHES TO BE VICTORIOUS,
AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES AND
THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD MUST OUT.
IN EVERY SERMON THAT IS A REAL
SERMON THERE IS SOME CASTING OUT
OF DEMONS.1 Karl Barth