The anti-war protest march started. Two very angry ladies on loudspeakers shouted into their mics and led rhyming chants while the marchers shouted, yelled, and screamed. Others beat drums and blew horns. This was the peace demonstration. And it all culminated in a “Die-In.” (Start this series at part 1 by clicking here.) With all
If you preach in the open air you will want to read this. If you plan on preaching in the open air someday, read this. If you don’t understand why anyone would ever, ever, ever! preach in the open air, read this.
OPEN AIR MEETINGS
By R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) (Read his short bio at the end of this article. The following is from Torrey’s larger work, “Methods of Christian Work” (Chapter 6, pages 222-233):
I. Their importance and advantages.
1. They are Scriptural. Jesus said, “Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.” Every great preacher of the Bible was an open-air preacher. Peter was an open-air preacher, Paul was an open-air preacher, and so were Elijah, Moses and Ezra. More important than all, Jesus Christ Himself was an open-air preacher, and preached for the most part out of doors. Every great sermon recorded in the Bible was preached in the open air; the sermon on the Day of Pentecost, the Sermon on the Mount, the sermon on Mars Hill, etc. In this country we have an idea that open-air preaching is for those who cannot get any other place to speak, but across the water they look at it quite differently. Some of the most eminent preachers of Great Britain preach in the open air.
LA Anti-War Protest (Part 8): The Violent Peacenik
Anti-war protesters are all about love and peace until you preach a message about the true peace that only comes from a personal relationship with The Prince of Peace… then things can get ugly—fast! (Please read the start of this series by clicking here.) Over the last two weeks I’ve been writing about the most
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