If the traditional evangelism does not work anymore, as some church growth specialists say, why are TED presentations so popular? It is not a problem with the method (the preaching of the cross), it is a problem with how we use this method! Is still the preaching of Christ crucified "the power of God and the wisdom of God"?
Traditional evangelism definitely has a place. Like Ellen White counsels (MS 117, 1907), we need to breath new life into traditional methods, as you said, and introduce new methods as well. TED Talks are probably not a good comparison, though. Most of those are 10-20 minutes whereas many traditional evangelism campaigns are at least an hour per night for several nights per week over the course of a month or more--a much larger commitment than a 20-minute video.
My point in comparing TED presentations with public evangelism is this: if a presentation is good, it will attract people, no matter if lasts 20 minutes or one hour!
Oh my, Pastor Boonstra, I only wish that I could have been in that audience when you first delivered this message!! So much of what you presented here has such a new, fresh, hopeful ring to it. So true, so true. Yes, The Holy Spirit got there ahead of us in every circumstances. And in practical experience, it makes sense doesn't it? Praise God!!
It always makes me laugh when Shawn keeps calling Missouri Missoura
he's my favorite, because he [reaches the truth, w/o it being dull or boring, it is alive with the ZEAL BRINGING TRUTH TO THE NATIONS
🤣😂😂 AMEN 🙏
That story of the deli lady is my story, too.
If the traditional evangelism does not work anymore, as some church growth specialists say, why are TED presentations so popular? It is not a problem with the method (the preaching of the cross), it is a problem with how we use this method! Is still the preaching of Christ crucified "the power of God and the wisdom of God"?
Traditional evangelism definitely has a place. Like Ellen White counsels (MS 117, 1907), we need to breath new life into traditional methods, as you said, and introduce new methods as well. TED Talks are probably not a good comparison, though. Most of those are 10-20 minutes whereas many traditional evangelism campaigns are at least an hour per night for several nights per week over the course of a month or more--a much larger commitment than a 20-minute video.
My point in comparing TED presentations with public evangelism is this: if a presentation is good, it will attract people, no matter if lasts 20 minutes or one hour!
Oh my, Pastor Boonstra, I only wish that I could have been in that audience when you first delivered this message!!
So much of what you presented here has such a new, fresh, hopeful ring to it. So true, so true. Yes, The Holy Spirit
got there ahead of us in every circumstances. And in practical experience, it makes sense doesn't it? Praise God!!
It begs the question. Can you still be an SDA preacher, if you’re not a stand up comedian? Or is that a requirement now?
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