Was the old hell-fire-and-brimstone preaching all wrong?
No, the old hell-fire-and-brimstone preaching was not all wrong, but it was totally overdone. Hearing only hell, fire, and brimstone Sunday after Sunday scared people badly. The only remedy for sin and death is the Gospel: Christ died, was buried, and rose from the dead.
Les explains that the old hell-fire-and-brimstone preaching was not entirely wrong, but it was totally overdone. Sunday after Sunday, people heard only hell, fire, and brimstone, and it scared the socks off of them. He points to the Gospel as the only remedy for sin and death: Christ died, was buried, and rose from the dead. The law of the Spirit in Christ Jesus, that fact of life, sets believers apart from the sin and death that entered when Adam ate.