Borders Open Mic

[robspidey]

I wanted to hear him finish. :(

[Ro11TheHardSix]

The Borders "Not So Open" mic night. Always fascinating to see the spirits get restless in the face of the Word being preached. Maybe you helped them sell a few Bibles, if they even stock them anymore.

[jkuzmickimcdonald]

No,he's right.There's a time and place for everything. and it's time to share at that place. Glad he knew:)

[mashtdi]

Boo to borders for not letting the man speak.. open mic night is just what it means Open to anyone that wants to speak. Free speach isin't just about if you want to hear it or not. Its free to all. Let the man spread the message about his religion, if a muslim man stood up and preached the Qur'an the borders guy wouldn't dare to try and kick him off. Even though I do not 100% agree with what Jay Peters is saying, you must give respect to someone that can get up in front of total strangers.

[BurningHearts70]

Praise Jesus for your BOLD witness! For all you negative comment posters...Stop Crying!!!

Stop sinning call on Jesus and escape Hell.

God bless.

[truevoiceofsanity]

background sounds one star

[ccccccccpppppppp]

Ok....who changed the meaning of "free" without the rest of us knowing??

Unless your fully prepared for contraversy, free mic is a bad idea anyway.

[whatthehellpeople]

And if this were any other kind of annoying and controversial stunt that had been shooed off the stage, no one would give a crap about it beyond maybe saying "good riddance!"

[not4resale]

lol, i would have boo'd him off stage.

[rjrrules]

thou shall do the dance!!!!!!!!!!!

[DeviantCare]

Thou shall not push thy beliefs onto others.

Thats my favorite commandment.

Its the eleventh commandment.

[ak1986]

Revelation 22:18

18 For[i] I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add[j] to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away[k] his part from the Book[l] of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

[OhnePommesFrites]

I tend to agree with imrational; the whole Kirk Cameron speech is kind of an old hat. However, I don't think that guy should have turned the mic off... that is messed up. What harm were you doing?

[whatthehellpeople]

- Monopolizing the mic - boring the audience to death - possibly annoying or offending people

It may be an open mic event, but it is provided by a store, with the hope that people who attend will also buy books and stuff - which won't happen if someone hogs th emicrophone while annoying and boring the audience into leaving.

[whatthehellpeople]

Additionally, if this store has regular open mic nights, they don't want for them to get a bad reputation - people come to these events wanting to hear local poets, singers, and philosphers. If this store's open mic nights get a reputation for being monopolized by local preachers who are, in addition to being loud and judgemental, BORING AND COMPLETELY UNORIGINAL IN EVERY WAY, they may not attend future events.

Again, this is a place of business. If you preach, at least try to be entertaining

[OhnePommesFrites]

Can't find anything wrong in what you said. Honestly, I would have got up and walked away from the "Left Behind" speech. Anytime you have an open mic you are going a have lot of variety (understatement). They still shouldn't have shut his mic any more that would cut off the drunken 50 yr old toothless chick that sings "you light up my life" off key. It is all a matter of fairness. A five minute time limit would have been proper or even a disclaimer saying it must be an artistic presentation.

[mashtdi]

Maybe they left to buy a bible... Leave him alone.

[sweatytoothmadman]

This reeks of Ray Comfort.

[imrational]

Well, if it was a private business, he had every right to shut your mic off. Sounds like he wanted to bring in poets and singers and not preachers. Still, as a promoter of freespeech, I think it kinda blows.

One more thing, as a frequenter of open-mic nites and bookstores, if you're gonna do it in the future, PLEASE try and use some material other than "Way of the Master" so it will be at least a little interesting and original.

[nelsondavid300]

Pastor Peters you are a true soldier for Jesus Christ. I pray that God uses that to reach the souls of those that heard the message that you shared. May God receive all the glory for the boldness and the words that He gave you to share!!!

[1dala]

that old guy what an asshole.