“Is there a place in your preaching for such strong language? . . . In brief, in Scripture such language is designed to elicit from the hearer or reader an emotional reaction — laughter, revulsion, terror, etc. — which corresponds to the spiritual nature of the thing being described . . . Such language is used for its shock value. God does not want us to intellectualize sin . . . In the contemporary world, however, a different idea rules. ‘Nice’ is better than holy. ‘Comfortable’ is better than dedicated and devoted. Churches have become places for ‘support’ and flattery, not truth. To be shocked at church is virtually the unpardonable sin” (Wagner, Tongues Aflame, p. 315).
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