Keep working at it though and be encouraged. I can see some growth here from some of the other videos so I'm supposing it is more recent than the one at the Dawgs game. If you're interested feel free to message me and would be willing to walk you through some stuff I have found to be incredibley effective and useful. I know there is a generation gap between you and these young adults so I may be able to assist you in your development...not in the message but in the method.Peace and Love
If you have some advice for John, then you are going to have to contact him through his own YouTube channel: johnmcglone4. Do you open air preach? If so, how long have you been doing it for? I find that people who usually try to give advice don't evangelize at all, let alone open air preach. Hopefully that is not the case with you...
That's a weird thing to say in response to encouragment. I'm not sure if this is like a trick with the words 'open air preach' and 'evangelize'. If by open air preach you mean go out and speak to people about the Gospel and if by evangelize you mean invite them to follow Jesus as Lord, then yes. What denomination are you guys?
Nothing weird about it. Just a question. Often people try to give advice on something they have no experience in themselves. We get it all the time. And there is no "trick" when it comes to words. Open air preaching is different then simple evangelizing. Open air preaching is speaking to large groups of people for extended periods of time, often addressing many questions and dealing with a hostile crowd. We are just Bible Believing, Bible Obeying Christians...
Yeah, then by your definition yes I do that fairly regularly when I get the chance. It's a great way to speak to people from all different backgrounds and age groups. A lot of times in the church setting you get particular types of people. This kind of thing reaches the people you wo't see out on Sunday and that's what I like about it.
I've been doing it for around five years. Nothing formal or for money. I just think it's our duty and every one of us should be out there engaging people with the message of Jesus Christ and for those who make a decision to follow Him, providing them with guidance as to how they can live for God (make disciples).
We don't do it for money either. We do it because God has called us to it. I agree that everyone should be doing it, but there are some whom God calls out of secular work to do it for "full-time", for lack of better words...
Sorry, I wasn't implying that you do it for money. That's not at all what I was infering. I was just explaining that I don't do it as a 'full-time' job or anything. Like I don't have a formal ministry. I do agree that God calls some people into like formal ministries full-time. I wasn't implying anything negative about that.
You missed a great opportunity there John. Starting around the 6:20 mark...He actually was trying to help you form a logical argument which would provide a foundation upon which you could share the Gospel more effectively. When you are talking to educated people it is important (as Paul did) to communicate with them on a level they understand. There is a great amount of support for the Bible as an authority. I just think you might benefit from a little more education before you try this method.
Christians have all wisdom in Christ. As I looked at this dialogue you had with Kerrigan I wondered how many different methods of preaching do you think there are?
The primary method is 'kerusso' which is what we are doing. To publically proclaim the King to come and the truths of the Bible. The two others are to; publish and personal interaction/relationship
God bless you.
John
ps. If you can show me more and their definitions from the Bible I would gladly accept it. :)
@johnmcglone4 Sorry, I havent been on here for a long time but I just noticed youre response. Very briefly I'd say maybe we disagree on something here. I'd say that any communication of the Gospel that doesn't conflict with the ethical and moral principles in scripture would be permissible. I don't think it is the primary motivation of biblical authors to provide an exhaustive list of methods of communication and I beleive that methods of communication depend of the audience and the speaker
@johnmcglone4 Paul demonstrates this actually quite well in the way he presents the gospel to non-beleivers and pagans by using their preferred methods of communication (ie. goes to the places where their teachers would teach and weaving in familiar ideas in order to get the message of Christ across)
@MChurchman Well, this is exactly what we do. We go to where their teachers teach, university, to proclaim the truths of the Bible. We use familiar stories, anecdotes, metaphor, analogies, logic, etc to relate the truths of the Bible. Paul also disputed in the marketplace daily in the book of Acts. The point I was making about preaching is that you are limiting the very definitions of the word.
Keep working at it though and be encouraged. I can see some growth here from some of the other videos so I'm supposing it is more recent than the one at the Dawgs game. If you're interested feel free to message me and would be willing to walk you through some stuff I have found to be incredibley effective and useful. I know there is a generation gap between you and these young adults so I may be able to assist you in your development...not in the message but in the method.Peace and Love
MChurchman 3 years ago
If you have some advice for John, then you are going to have to contact him through his own YouTube channel: johnmcglone4. Do you open air preach? If so, how long have you been doing it for? I find that people who usually try to give advice don't evangelize at all, let alone open air preach. Hopefully that is not the case with you...
skellys3 3 years ago
That's a weird thing to say in response to encouragment. I'm not sure if this is like a trick with the words 'open air preach' and 'evangelize'. If by open air preach you mean go out and speak to people about the Gospel and if by evangelize you mean invite them to follow Jesus as Lord, then yes. What denomination are you guys?
MChurchman 3 years ago
Nothing weird about it. Just a question. Often people try to give advice on something they have no experience in themselves. We get it all the time. And there is no "trick" when it comes to words. Open air preaching is different then simple evangelizing. Open air preaching is speaking to large groups of people for extended periods of time, often addressing many questions and dealing with a hostile crowd. We are just Bible Believing, Bible Obeying Christians...
skellys3 3 years ago
Yeah, then by your definition yes I do that fairly regularly when I get the chance. It's a great way to speak to people from all different backgrounds and age groups. A lot of times in the church setting you get particular types of people. This kind of thing reaches the people you wo't see out on Sunday and that's what I like about it.
MChurchman 3 years ago
I've been doing it for around five years. Nothing formal or for money. I just think it's our duty and every one of us should be out there engaging people with the message of Jesus Christ and for those who make a decision to follow Him, providing them with guidance as to how they can live for God (make disciples).
MChurchman 3 years ago
We don't do it for money either. We do it because God has called us to it. I agree that everyone should be doing it, but there are some whom God calls out of secular work to do it for "full-time", for lack of better words...
skellys3 3 years ago
Sorry, I wasn't implying that you do it for money. That's not at all what I was infering. I was just explaining that I don't do it as a 'full-time' job or anything. Like I don't have a formal ministry. I do agree that God calls some people into like formal ministries full-time. I wasn't implying anything negative about that.
MChurchman 3 years ago
No problem. No offense taken...
skellys3 3 years ago
You missed a great opportunity there John. Starting around the 6:20 mark...He actually was trying to help you form a logical argument which would provide a foundation upon which you could share the Gospel more effectively. When you are talking to educated people it is important (as Paul did) to communicate with them on a level they understand. There is a great amount of support for the Bible as an authority. I just think you might benefit from a little more education before you try this method.
MChurchman 3 years ago
Christians have all wisdom in Christ. As I looked at this dialogue you had with Kerrigan I wondered how many different methods of preaching do you think there are?
johnmcglone4 2 years ago
wow! Too many to name I suppose!
MChurchman 2 years ago
Not according to the Bible, there are three.
The primary method is 'kerusso' which is what we are doing. To publically proclaim the King to come and the truths of the Bible. The two others are to; publish and personal interaction/relationship
God bless you.
John
ps. If you can show me more and their definitions from the Bible I would gladly accept it. :)
johnmcglone4 2 years ago
@johnmcglone4 Sorry, I havent been on here for a long time but I just noticed youre response. Very briefly I'd say maybe we disagree on something here. I'd say that any communication of the Gospel that doesn't conflict with the ethical and moral principles in scripture would be permissible. I don't think it is the primary motivation of biblical authors to provide an exhaustive list of methods of communication and I beleive that methods of communication depend of the audience and the speaker
MChurchman 1 year ago
@johnmcglone4 Paul demonstrates this actually quite well in the way he presents the gospel to non-beleivers and pagans by using their preferred methods of communication (ie. goes to the places where their teachers would teach and weaving in familiar ideas in order to get the message of Christ across)
MChurchman 1 year ago
@MChurchman Well, this is exactly what we do. We go to where their teachers teach, university, to proclaim the truths of the Bible. We use familiar stories, anecdotes, metaphor, analogies, logic, etc to relate the truths of the Bible. Paul also disputed in the marketplace daily in the book of Acts. The point I was making about preaching is that you are limiting the very definitions of the word.
God bless you.
John
johnmcglone4 1 year ago