I recently read Tony Campolo's book "Letter to a Young Evangelical." He mentioned something in the book that has been stuck in my mind for quite some time now.

"I once heard a story from a young English evangelist. He told me about the day Charlie Peace, a well-known criminal in London, was hanged - February 25, 1879. The Anglican Church, which had a ceremony for nearly everything, even had a ceremony for hangings. So, when Charlie Peace was marched to the gallows, a priest walked behind him and said these words from a prayer book: 'Those who die without Christ experience Hell, which is the pain of forever dying without the release which death itself can bring.'
When these chilling words were read, Charlie Peace stopped in his tracks, turned to the priest, and shouted in his face, 'Do you believe that? Do you believe that?'
The priest, taken aback by this sudden verbal assault, stammered for a moment and then said, 'Well....I...suppose I do.'
'Well I don't,' said Charlie. 'But if I did, I'd get down on my hands and knees and crawl all over Great Britain, even if it were paved with pieces of broken glass, if I could just rescue one person from what you just told me.'"


I can't help but question if I would be willing to do that. No..not "would be..." More like "AM I willing to do this?"

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