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| Re: Virtual preaching [message #7186 is a reply to message #7184] |
Fri, 16 July 2010 22:30   |
 james
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Hummm, Well I can see their logic, after all spending $50,000 to $2,000,000 and accomplishing the same thing that a new building would, and saving millions of dollars seems a no brainer...That would free up funds to purchase a new Citation X jet(for the ministry, of course)
But if you stop and think about it, Bro. Freeman stopped traveling from assembly to assembly and just started making tapes of his messages and sending them out...Is it too much of a stretch to believe that if the technology was available he might have done this?(I could see Bruce doing it,he was always on the cutting edge of technology) How different is this from going online and watching streaming messages from Bro. Rusty Tardo or Tom Hamilton, it's their image being projected through modern technology.
Now I don't know about the effectiveness of body ministry and the presence of The Holy Spirit under these circumstances, it doesn't seem to be the exact reflection of a NT Church, but I guess it beats no church at all. 
If people are pointed to Jesus and saved and then feed The Word in this manner, then Praise Jesus...
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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| Re: Virtual preaching [message #7188 is a reply to message #7186] |
Sat, 17 July 2010 02:21 |
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GWB
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"If people are pointed to Jesus and saved and then feed The Word in this manner, then Praise Jesus..."
I agree...but, there is absolutely nothing like worshiping together with believers and allowing the Holy Spirit to move within the midst on a personal basis.....live...so to speak.
So...how does the church interact with a hologram when using the gifts of the Holy Spirit? Hm-mm....seems to be getting very "sterile and impersonal" to me. Just my opinion...
[Updated on: Sat, 17 July 2010 02:28]
Shalom,
GWB
"Be still and know that I am God."
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| Re: Virtual preaching [message #7189 is a reply to message #7186] |
Sat, 17 July 2010 03:00 |
james
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| james wrote on Fri, 16 July 2010 17:30 |
Now I don't know about the effectiveness of body ministry and the presence of The Holy Spirit under these circumstances, it doesn't seem to be the exact reflection of a NT Church, but I guess it beats no church at all.
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A lot of things we do today are "sterile and impersonal", such as communicating by computers and texting...but it beats no communication at all...Just my opinion. 
It'd be great to be in a live, properly functioning body of believers, with anointed worship and praise, body ministry, and teaching...but there have been(and still are) many who only have tapes, CD's, and their Bibles, yet The Lord keeps them...
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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| Re: Virtual preaching [message #7191 is a reply to message #7190] |
Sat, 17 July 2010 12:12 |
james
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| grandom wrote on Sat, 17 July 2010 05:04 |
Being the cynical person that I am it would seem to me that the Devil and the Anti Christ would find this most appealing. They could more easily deceive the young since they are into the virtual electronic games etc.
... But thats just cynical me.
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cynic...
person of little faith in human nature.
skeptic...
person inclined to doubt all accepted opinions.
Just trying to faciliate discussion, I too am a bit cynical, though I usually would use the word skeptical to describe myself ...
but after looking at their definations it would seem that both tend to be a bit wary.
I can see how this hologram technology could be used for both good and evil...like so many other things.(computer)
But I am reminded of what Paul wrote in Philippians 1:15-18, 'notwithstanding...Christ is preached'. That was my thought...
I probably won't be subscribing to a live feed from one of these new hip mega churches.
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”
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