"'Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus who you crucified.' Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'"
Acts 2:36-37

Ministers and ministries often search for ways to touch people, to pull on their heart strings. Many times we find ourselves caught up in emotions, having gone too far with the emotional pull and then finding ourselves out of line with Scripture and caught up in fanciful ideas that have no biblical basis.

Paul says that he decided to know nothing but "Christ and him crucified." He said he would only boast "in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." The cross is what we are to preach if we are to see hearts changed, see hearts "cut." 1 Corinthians explains that God, in his infinite and divine wisdom, has set up the system in such a way that he would save "those who believe" through the "folly of what we preach" which he later says that they only preach "Christ crucified"; they didn't show signs or speak wisdom, they simply preached the foolish idea of God's son being killed by humans in order for the salvation of such men. With the work of the Holy Spirit, this truth--this simple, even foolish truth--cuts the hearts of those who hear it.

When we preach the cross, we will see people's hearts cut, and we will hear them say "Brothers, what shall we do?"