Re: [TruthTalk] Street Preaching

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BLAINE:  I think, Judy, your equating street preachers with OT prophets is going a bit far, huh?  OT prophets most often got their messages across through working through the political establishment--kings, false priests, etc.  While they did go about the streets, I cannot concieve of them yelling, screaming, using truth horns, as it were, carrying signs, etc.  What they did do was always effective, mainly because they had the power of the spirit with them . . .    These street preachers mostly just annoy people,  make a spectacle of themselves.  There must be a better way for them to communicate their messages, which in some instances might actually do some lost souls some good if they could be approached less obtrusively, and with a show of dignity--a virtue that seems lost on them.     In a message dated 5/14/2005 12:58:44 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: think the same could be said for every one of the OT Prophets, that is, the ones through whom we received the scriptures.  They were all street preachers and the reaction of Israel before the dispersion was the equivalent of this Baptist fellow.  Psych case huh?  jt   On Fri, 13 May 2005 22:59:37 -0500 "Caroline Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: This was posted on the discussion board of baptistboard.com by dh1948.   While visiting in Mobile recently, my wife and I were downtown walking past the Bienville Square. Walking around in the square was a street preacher. He was screaming...and I mean screaming...to the top of his lungs as he sauntered around preaching. His message was one of hell fire and brimstone...turn or burn. He sounded so angry. I had no problem with his message, but his method caused me to ask my wife, "Do you think this is really glorifying to God?" I question the method of standing on a street corner or in a public square and screaming out a gospel sermon. I thought, "If I was a lost person, how would I react to this man and his message?" After all, I am the one he would be targeting, so just how would I react? I have to say...with disgust. I would consider him to be a psych case...a cultist of a sort. Before the castigation starts, I am not questioning the man's motive nor his message...just his method. What do you think?