But in another era they did. Jonathan Edwards, Charles Shedd and others wrote and preached about this all the time. Make sure your library crosses the boundaries into the great minds of past centuries. 6.Invest in good biographies. We learn from good mentors.
Truth has additional power when it's fleshed out in godly lives.
They will inspire and encourage you when you feel up against it. Nothing does this like sinking your mind and heart into lives of proven substance. It was interesting to read of Lloyd-Jones' years in Wales in the early 1900s. The people of his own congregation were after him to gear things more to the unchurched. They wanted less Bible, more drama, plays and contemporary music so the unchurched wouldn't feel out of place.