What’s In a Cliche? “Putting God in a box”: it’s one of those Christian cliches that has the same effect on me as someone loudly chomping on their chewing gum, or someone struggling violently to “play” an instrument for the first time, or having nowhere else to eat but McDonald’s, or seeing a man wearing...
Tag: Open Air Preaching
He Must be a Man of God, Before He Is a Man on a Box (Intermission)
While many have contacted me to say they have been encouraged by my current blog series on the qualifications of an open-air preacher, there has been no shortage of detractors. Most of the detractors have been open-air preachers. I have people disagree with me all the time. That’s okay. Some of my very best friends,...
Character Counts
In Part 1 of this series, I provided what I believe is a biblical definition of a man of God. In Part 2, I addressed why it is so very important for open-air preachers to strive for and to exhibit the spiritual qualities of and elder, as well as why a standard for qualification must...
He Must be a Man of God, Before He’s a Man on a Box. (Part 3)
You Must Be Above Reproach I had hoped to write one article on this important subject. Then I hoped to write two articles, then three. Well, it looks like this series may run for a while. There is simply too much I need to say. In Part 1 of this series, I provided what I...