Preaching

It is the devotional life of the monastery lived out in the world. Bonhoeffer said that Luther’s actual rebellion against the world was not when he entered the monastery but when he left it and re-entered the world armed with the Gospel of ‘Costly Grace’.
That is the preaching—that is what brings conviction to those who are of the world, those in the vast ocean of ignorance. Captives in Kali-Yuga—this age, this zeit-geist. The appearance of real devotional life--bhakti--to Jesus in the midst of a world of ‘Cheap Grace’.

The apostle writes to the devotees in Ephesus:
“With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused. Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him. They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity. But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.”