“If Christianity today is losing its influence, the reason may be that the church consists of soft pews, soft music, and soft soap.” So said Pastor John C. Jeske one time in the Presbyterian Journal.
We must never so water down our message as Christians that it loses its cleansing power. We must fight the temptation to be apologetic and even ashamed of the old-fashioned message of our need and God’s answer to that need—the suffering, death, and resurrection of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul warned Timothy of the same thing when he said, “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord” (2 Timothy 1:8). There are many things we should be ashamed of. We should be ashamed of our half-hearted devot...