Alarming Words from Haddon Robinson

Whenever I think of these words from Haddon Robinson, it makes me want to do a better job of clearly communicating the gospel message.

We don’t preach the gospel! As I listen to some preachers, if I were an outsider, I honestly wouldn’t know what I was to respond to…

We want to reach people, but the clear terms of the gospel are seldom enunciated. It’s probably an exaggeration, but I don’t think in my lifetime I’ve heard twenty messages that I would say were clear gospel messages. If you didn’t know any jargon, didn’t have any religious background—if you came to church and wanted to know how to have a relationship with a holy God—the sermon would not tell you.

We need to learn how to clearly communicate the gospel message.