We just learned about the Camp Meetings.
Another part of early Christianity is the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
In America in the 1741 a preacher named Jonathan Edwards wrote this sermon that he told to his church followers.
This sermon talked about how everyone was making God angry by sinning, and warned people of the dangers of the devil.
It made a lot of people scared to do bad things, and a lot more people started going to church because they didn't want to make God angry.
This type of message was called a "fire and brimstone" sermon because it used the idea of burning up in fire to scare people to be good.
Sometimes these ideas have worked through the years, but we know the Bible teaches that Jesus loves the world and gave up his life.
So it might be good to remind people that they need to go to church or bad things could happen, but it's also very important to remind them that Jesus loves them.
(from: wikipedia - sinners in the hands of an angry god)
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