[vscode-rest]

I doubt this sort of rhetoric will convince a modern audience. Reads like “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.

[wakawaka28]

It's not the rhetoric that should convince you, it's the logic. The rhetoric here is purely to liven it up.

[vscode-rest]

Same could be said for SITHOAG. Yet, modern preachers have found far more success with other approaches.

Consider: if the tone of your writing will put off anyone who disagrees with you, what’s the value in “livening it up”? Again, it’s preaching to the choir.