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Earth Day preaching! Pro-life demonstrations, Tumblr feminists insult me, and a guy physically attacks me. Videos inside. God gets all the glory! (self.Christianity)

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[–]Eastern Orthodoxriver_of_peace 26 ポイント27 ポイント

How exactly is this giving any glory to God? It seems to me that you're just acting like a fool in public.

Would you recommend that all people who believe in Jesus come with loud voices and big signs to public events like you do? Would that bring even more glory to God, 1000's people each yelling their own message of faith at each other?

Do you think you are a prophet like Jonah? Has God spoken to you, telling you where to go and what to say?

Just curious.

[–]Purgatorial UniversalistKSW1 6 ポイント7 ポイント

you're just acting like a fool in public.

Of course he is! [1 Corinthians 1:18] ;)

[–]Eastern Orthodoxriver_of_peace 2 ポイント3 ポイント

I think you're putting a bit of tongue in cheek here.

But I must say, that scripture is wholly inappropriate. Paul was not talking about his method of preaching, he was talking about the subject matter of his preaching, namely, the cross.

I'm not questioning /r/triplerules faith, or the particulars of his message, I'm questioning his method of public street preaching.

[–]Purgatorial UniversalistKSW1 1 ポイント2 ポイント

Well, if we are comparing the gospel being preached at all versus not, I'd rather it be preached this way than no way.

Are there more effective means? Sure!! This isn't my style at all, I would be all embarrassed and awkward.

But I just don't think we should shut him down because of his method, given that his message is pretty solid. If he was preaching a false gospel? Get him, I'll hold him down. But this is good stuff.

[–]AtheistCeannairceach 3 ポイント4 ポイント

But that isn't the case. The Gospel is being preached. And arguably, street preachers like Trip are doing the Gospel a disservice.

[–]Purgatorial UniversalistKSW1 3 ポイント4 ポイント

Arguably, we all are. Arguably, we aren't. I'm not God, so I don't get to say who is doing the best job, but from what I heard in Trips video of his actual preaching, not enough jumps out at me to say "Wow, that is an embarrassment to the Gospel".

[–]AtheistCeannairceach 4 ポイント5 ポイント

As a non-Christian, I don't feel convinced by Trip's preaching. And that is what should be done; make arguments that are convincing to the nonbeliever, not necessarily pleasant to the believer.

[–]ReformedRj220 2 ポイント3 ポイント

He may not be convincing to you, but certainly other people are moved by his preaching. Here's a video from his youtube channel.

This isn't how I go about preaching, nor am I particularly receptive to this type of preaching. But it works for some people, and that's reason enough to live and let live.

[–]Purgatorial UniversalistKSW1 0 ポイント1 ポイント

And that is what should be done; make arguments that are convincing to the nonbeliever

I hear what you're saying, but I don't think that is what we are supposed to do, specifically. I know what that sounds like, but let me finish.

If we look at Matthew 10, where Jesus sends out His apostles, we run across verse 14: if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that town.

I see a lot of this talk come from Jesus. I get the impression that He wasn't promoting "feed them something they find convincing until they've agreed with whatever it is you ended up laying out for them."

But that sounds harsh, doesn't it? I mean, I don't want to say that you have to be convinced, but I don't think the message changes very much, whether we like it, accept it, agree with it, etc.

[–]AtheistCeannairceach 4 ポイント5 ポイント

I'm not suggesting altering the message. I'm suggesting altering the delivery. "You will burn in hell if you don't agree with my interpretation of the Bible" isn't even remotely what Jesus said to preach, and yet that is the type of preacher I most often see.

[–]Purgatorial UniversalistKSW1 2 ポイント3 ポイント

"if you don't agree with my interpretation of the Bible" is being a little disingenuous in my opinion. Though I do not pretend to have already heard all the preachers you have, and though I will freely admit that I have heard people whom I would also unfavorably summarize, nevertheless I think it stands for the majority of Christianity that we preach the Gospel, the good news, because we think it is good news, and we do so out of love and happiness.

Having said that, Jesus does clearly lay out a couple of "repent or perish" moments, but this cannot be examined outside of His overall message.

[–]BaptistMichigan__J__Frog -2 ポイント-1 ポイント

I highly doubt that anyone has been saved by arguments. All that can be done is plant the seed of the gospel and water it; God gives all the growth. Trip's method of evangelism doesn't allow him to water the seeds so many of the seeds he plants will not take root, but if even one seed that he plants bears fruit then he has accomplished an extraordinary task.

[–]albygeorge 1 ポイント2 ポイント

What if for every one he converts he pushes 100 away that may have if approached differently?

[–]BaptistMichigan__J__Frog 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Have you watched his videos? I don't think he's pushing anyone away.

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[–]agnotita 3 ポイント4 ポイント

you're just acting like a fool in public.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foolishness_for_Christ