Quote Originally Posted by BABY J
VERY well said. Some1 who sees where I am coming from. I perfer to be TAUGHT that scared. I can "scare" some1 into smoking crack, that doesn't mean that it's a good thing. Those preachers have a "gimmick"... rather than fear HELL and abide, I'd rather be GOD-fearing and abide. 2 totally different concepts --> a lot of preachers are missing the mark.
A lot of negative stigma that surrounds "religion" comes from those misinterpreted deliveries.

If you visit a "church" and see this preacher up behind a pulpit, slamming down a bible, screaming, turning red, and saying you either change/repent/or you'll go to HELL!!!! It leaves the wrong impression about what God really teaches, although again technically the message is right.

There is a time and a place where every single Christian will be tested about their faith. Those times are the times where black and white, right and wrong, and what you TRULY believe in will HAVE to show. If it gets heated THEN, so be it. But you shouldn't go around slamming Bibles into people's faces all the time to get results. Our job is to learn and teach, period. It is not to condemn people for not agreeing with us, that is judging and only one can do that.