RE: [TruthTalk] Street Preaching

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David, I think if you want a REAL radical SP you should take KAY. They wouldn’t dare turn a bare butt to her!!! (Do I have that right Slade?) Izzy   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:12 AM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Street Preaching   Slade wrote: > Anyone who has raised sheep knows you > can't get the lost sheep to come back to > the fold by chasing and screaming at her.   The idea that street preachers chase and scream at people is a demonic lie.   A few weeks ago, a student at UF raised that point right while my friend was preaching.  My friend said, "I'm not chasing anyone.  If you don't want to hear what we are talking about here, go on down the street.  I'm not going to start chasing after you."  The student who made this false claim readily agreed and acknowledged that he was wrong.  I believe demons inspire people to say these false things.  The people who say it do not even realize that they are saying it, and when they are on the spot called on it, they recognize the foolish absurdity of what they just said.  Unfortunately, many do not say it when it can be rebutted, so it gets repeated again and again by others as truth when it really is a demonic lie.   The television news channels in Tampa sometimes characterized my preaching as yelling and screaming.  I did not like that characterization.  I simply raised my voice to herald the truth.  I did not scream.  Perhaps some might characterize it as "yelling," but I would not characterize it that way.  I call it preaching.  When a person preaches, he is proclaiming, and if he is trying to speak to a group of people, he needs to raise his voice.  Do you have a problem with that?  I know God doesn't.   By the way, Slade, if you want to see what street preaching is in person, I suggest you and me get together and go down to Ybor City some Friday night. I can preach and you can talk to the crowd that gathers and witness one on one.  If you would like to try preaching too, that would be great.  You might just get the urge to preach when you see how they crowd reacts.  I have known people to be completely against street preaching come down there and in one night completely change their minds.  Some have urged others to support the work, and some could not wait for a chance to preach themselves. Of course, there also have been some who vowed never to go back there again. One time another street preacher not accustomed to a night club scene accompanied me to Ybor, and a marijuana smoking homosexual pulled down his pants and mooned me.  It became completely silent at that point, and the crowd had been on his side for the last 15 minutes, applauding his leud language and what not, so when this mooning happened and it got completely quiet, I pointed to his naked butt and said, "Behold Tampa, your leader." They were all in shame at that point, their hearts prepared, and I began to instruct them in the way of righteousness.  Unfortunately, the guy with me could not handle the riotous atmosphere and the mooning was the last straw, so he vowed never to go back there with me again.  I has another street preacher do a similar thing in Mardi Gras when he got hit in the eye with a bead.  Some people cannot handle the abuse.   Peace be with you. David Miller.     ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org   If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.