Albert Mohler's article resonated with my concern for "seeker sensivive church services" so common today as contrasted to "the truth of the gospel" that exposes sin and brings conviction.

When I was young, I understood that I was a lost soul, a sinner in need of a Savior. That teaching from the pulpit on Sundays was repeated in strong doses in revival meetings. It was also reinforced by my mother's discipline for bad behavior, which was often. I knew I was a sinner I thought I would drop into hell if I died. I suppose in today's popular understanding I would be classified as emotionally scarred and put by some therapist into one of the 365 "mental disorders." I certainily did not feel good about myself, I did poorly in school and knew I was bound for hell.

Fortunately, for me there was a medine in those days for the sin-sick soul--it was called repentance. When I called out in my distress to Christ for forgiveness, Christ heard and gave me the self esteem I did not have before. I became a Child of the King! WOW I began to do better in school and life took a decided turn for the better in every way. That was more than 60 years ago. I wonder how many persons in this generation would know a joy that has escaped them if they saw themselves as the sinners in God's sight, repented, experienced forgiveness and gained the self esteem of being a Child of the King?