I've mentioned we're working through All of Grace as a church trying to see if we can pick up some lessons from Charles Spurgeon on evangelism.The first thing that stood out to us is that this was a man who desperately desired to see sinners saved. And we kind of marked it down that this is something we've got to pray for and develop if we are going to be effective witnesses.The second thing was that Spurgeon understood he couldn't seek Christ's glory and people's approval at the same time.  Practically one of the ways this worked out was that he used very plain language to communicate the gospel even though he knew there would be some who looked down on the way he was speaking.  And again, we marked it down that if we are going to be effective witnesses, we've got to be willing to make the same kind of sacrifice.A third thing you can't help but see reading All of Grace is that Spurgeon worked very hard at distinguishing between religion and the gospel.  Sometimes in fact you might think of him as going overboard.  For example he writes, "We are not going to talk about law, and duty, and punishment, but about love and goodness and forgiveness and mercy and eternal life.  Do not...turn a deaf ear, or a careless heart, I am asking nothing of you in the name of God or man.  It is not my intent to make a requirement at your hands, but I come in God's name, to bring you a free gift, which it shall be to your present and eternal joy to receive."  I know there are some who would want to put some astericks in that kind of quote.  I'm tempted to.  But I think the reason Spurgeon uses such strong language is because he knows that moralism is the default religion of the human heart and that when many people hear someone talking about Christianity they automatically assume they are talking about nothing more than morality and trying to win favor with God through one's own efforts.Tim Keller picks up on this.  I've heard him talk about how difficult it is for people in our culture to hear anything other than moralism when you talk about the gospel.  You say gospel, they think self-righteous religiousity.  That obviously is a big old hindrance to effective witnessing and because that is the reality in which we live, we as Christians if we are going to be effective witnesses need to find ways of communicating the difference between the two as clearly and boldly and directly and strongly as we can.It's a little like talking to someone with headphones on, and their Ipod is playing one tune, moralism.  If they are going to hear you speak the gospel, you might just need to get out a megaphone.