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I'll tell you why we're losing the youth. Today's gospel is, hey, try Jesus, your life will be better and more fulfilling. While that is true, we leave out that we need Jesus to wash us clean because we are ALL deserving of HELL. Yes, hell fire and brimstone preaching is needed today just as in generations passed. Ray Comfort tells a story of a man on a plane. Someone tells him to put on a parachute (symbolizing Jesus) because it will improve his flight and make him happy. He puts it on, and immediately realizes how uncomfortable he is because the parachute pushed him forward from his seat. People start to make fun of him and laugh at him because he has the parachute on. He becomes angry because he feels he has been lied to: the parachute has NOT improved his flight, in fact, our passenger has become embarrassed and angry. He tears off the parachute and thinks, "that's the last time I try that!". His latter condition is worst than his first. This is how the youth of America is preached to today most of the time. What the passenger NEEDS be told is, the aircraft is going to crash, put on this parachute so that you may live!! Now no matter what happends, our passenger holds onto that parachute tight. When things get tough, he holds on all the more, so that he may live!! This is what our youth needs to hear.