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The Kind of Preaching We By Dr. John R. Rice (1895–1980)

We are told in the Bible, “It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” (I Cor. 1:21). So God cannot get along without preaching, if He is to get men saved. All the Sunday school organization, all the educational and social work the church can do cannot substitute for God’s plan. “It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” Lost men cannot get along without preaching, because they cannot be saved without the preaching of the Word. It is true that an individual may preach to an individual. A Sunday school teacher may preach to her pupil. A father or mother may preach to a child. But the Bible plan is also that there shall be preaching of a God-appointed and God-anointed man before congregations. That is the example and precept of the Bible, both in the Old and New Testaments. Preaching, then, is of surpassing importance in God’s plan of saving men. Nothing can take the place of preaching. Hence, we need a reviv

The Great White by Pastor Jack Hyles

"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."--Rev. 20:11-15. Herein you find the story of what is known in doctrinal terminology as the "Great White Throne Judgment." In all my ministry I have never thought there was anything as important as keeping folks out of Hell. I have always thought that