[While King Duncan is enjoying a well deserved retirement we are going back to his earliest sermons and renewing them. The newly modernized sermon is shown first and below, for reference sake, is the old sermon. We will continue this updating throughout the year bringing fresh takes on King's best sermons.]

A famous news anchor tells about attending a revival as a boy in his home town of Bloomington, Texas. It was a spectacular extravaganza the whole town attended. The tent was open, the floor was sawdust. The build-up of the preacher's message came at a slow pace, but his point was unmistakable and highly personal. He wanted them to worry about their status in the next life. The preacher questioned the strength of each person's faith.

One night during the revival while, he was sitting on a …