With Tears

I came across another story in "Let Me Tell You a Story" by Tony Campolo that I simply had to share. Campolo writes:

The story is told of a church in a small town that got a new preacher. Everyone in the town was talking about how wonderful he was. Then the town skeptic asked one of the church deacons, "Why is this preacher so much better than the last one you had?"

The deacon answered, "The last one told us we were sinners, and that unless we repented we would all go to hell."

The skeptic asked, "And what does this new preacher say?"

"This new preacher tells us we're all sinners and unless we repent and accept Jesus, we're all going to hell," was the answer.

The skeptic just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I fail to see any difference between the two."

And the deacon answered, "The new preacher says it with tears in his eyes."