Backwoods Presbyterian
Puritanboard Amanuensis
Martin Lloyd-Jones, "Preaching and Preachers" pg. 146"It is assumed that because people are members of the Church that they are Christian. This is dangerous and wrong for this reason, that if you assume that, you will tend therefore, in all your services, to preach in a manner suited to Christian believers. Your messages will always be instructional, and the evangelistic element and note will be neglected, perhaps, almost entirely. This is a very great and grievous fallacy. Let me give you reasons for saying that. I would start with my own experience. For many years I thought I was a Christian when I was not...What I needed [from the preacher] was preaching that would convict me of sin and make me see my need, and bring me to true repentance and tell me something about regeneration...This I think has been one of the cardinal errors of the Church especially in this present century." --