Many of our ministers have made a great mistake in giving discourses which were wholly argumentative. There are souls who listen to the theory of the truth and are impressed with the evidences brought out, and then if a portion of the discourse presents Christ as the Saviour of the world, the seed sown may spring up and bear fruit to the glory of God. But in many discourses the cross of Christ is not presented before the people. Some may be listening to the last sermon they will ever hear, and some will never again be so situated that they can have the chain of truth brought before them and a practical application made of it to their hearts. That golden opportunity lost is lost forever. Had Christ and His redeeming love been exalted in connection with the theory of truth, it might have balanced them on His side. {4T 393.3}

Mange af vore prædikanter har begået en stor fejl ved at holde foredrag, der helt igennem bestod af argumenter. Der er sjæle, som (394) lytter til sandhedens teori og som bliver grebet af de beviser, der fremlægges og hvis en del af foredraget så fremholder Kristus som verdens frelser, vil den udsåede sæd måske spire og bære frugt til Guds ære. Men i mange foredrag bliver Kristi kors ikke fremstillet for folket. Nogle lytter måske til den sidste prædiken, de nogensinde vil få at høre og nogle vil aldrig mere være i den stilling, at sandhedens kæde kan fremholdes for dem og dens praktiske anvendelse tale til deres hjerter. Når denne gyldne anledning er tabt, er den tabt for altid, Var Kristus og hans genløsende kærlighed blevet fremholdt i forbindelse med sandhedens teori, kunne det måske have ledet dem over på hans side.