Churches of Christ -- Sermons; Sermons, American -- 20th century
I know a number of congregations that are publishing short articles in
the daily paper. The daily paper is a very fine medium through which to
reach the public. The business world has known this for a long time.
That’s the reason you see so many and such costly advertisements in our
daily papers. Our merchants know that this is an effective way to reach
the public. Jesus said that the men of this world are for their own
generation wiser than the sons of light. It may be that this statement
is applicable here, for too often churches have overlooked the use of
the radio and especially the use of the daily paper as a medium through
which to reach the public.
Remember, God has charged us to preach the gospel to everybody, and one
soul is worth more than all the money in the world. If by ever so much
use of the daily press, we can accomplish the salvation of just one soul
it would be worth a million times what it cost. If we will stop to
consider the value of just one soul, we will see the great importance of
using every means that we can to win lost souls for Christ. Now, I’m
just naming some different activities here which will help us to fulfill
this duty, or to reach the objective of evangelizing our own community.
Do not think that this list is complete; it is intended rather to be
suggestive. Perhaps you can think of other means which would also help
in accomplishing this task.
V
Distributing Tracts
But even after we have done all these things there will still be some
people who are not yet reached. The church here has been engaged in
publishing and distributing tracts. This is another means which we can
use to reach our neighbors. I wish we had some system of regularly
placing tracts, appropriate tracts, in every home in this community. We
can help to preach the gospel to the world by carrying tracts in person
to those who live in our neighborhood, and by placing tracts in public
places—the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the bus station, the Union
Station, and other such places. The churches of Christ in general have
neglected this opportunity; if you doubt this statement, visit some of
these places—hospitals, terminals, etc.—and you will realize that we
have been letting an opportunity slip by us in this respect.
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