24. When proclaimed in its purity, the gospel of Jesus Christ comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.
25. There are many easy and false ways to comfort the afflicted. “The gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction.”
26. Society at large is in denial about its sinfulness. Outside of the church, the concept of sin has no meaning.
27. Afflicting the comfortable is always difficult and never well received.
28. The task of evangelism includes the naming of sin.
29. Only those who have been afflicted by the word of God can be properly comforted by it.
30. The task of evangelism includes the pronouncement of forgiveness, not tolerance.
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