All manner of hurrying just to get members into the church is most harmful, both to the church and to the supposed converts. I remember very well several young men who were of good moral character and religiously promising. Instead of searching their hearts and aiming at their real conversion, the pastor never gave them any time to think about their spiritual condition. Instead, he pestered until he persuaded them (not the Spirit) to make a profession.

A study of the evangelistic method of Jonathan Edwards in such sermons as Pressing Into Kingdom, God Makes Men Sensible of Their Misery, Tne Manner in which Salvation is to be Sought. Why was there an appeal to mercenary motives? Were the applications what is sometimes labeled "preparationism" in fact so? Was Edwards alone in his instructions to the unconverted sinner, or did this in fact follow the Puritan Tradition? Why has modern evangelism shunned the type of awakening illustrated in Christian in his awakening detailed in the allegory Pilgrim's Progress?

Though I sat under Albert Martin's Ministry in 1984-1985, From the years 2009-to 2020 I was his neighbor and computer tech and tutor. There was a reason that I was given this privilege. This is my assessment and reflections that I have been contemplating when we heard that he passed away on April 7th. how the end of his life on earth affected me.