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IShootBack · 10-24-2012, 04:43 AM

So last night's tent meeting was more awesome than the night before, if that's possible. The speaker was a street preacher with 32 years of experience by the name of Jeff Hannon. I have known Jeff for a couple of years and did not know he was a preacher. He's a regular guy like me? {OK - that's a stretch calling me a regular guy...}

Once he stood behind the pulpit the Spirit came on him and he was a different man. One powerful point he drove home is the church is not a building or a denomination or theology or doctrine. The church in America is you and I. So when we hear folks calling radio shows saying the church in America is asleep - they are talking about me and you and anyone else that thinks of themselves as a Disciple of Jesus Christ.

That's a pretty big set of shoes to wear and I trust God will help me fill them as I should.

ampaterry · 10-24-2012, 08:13 AM

So true -

I have not been to a tent meeting in YEARS - but I (almost always) enjoyed going to them.

BlackEagle · 10-24-2012, 03:38 PM

I think of 1 Peter 2:4-6:
4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

And I was reading 2 Cor 3 yesterday about how we are living letters.

Thanks for the update; glad to hear about what God is doing.

captmike2 · 11-11-2012, 05:52 PM

Sounds like a good Pentecostal service... your Preacher friend is right, we are the church, it's not the brick and mortar, it's the flesh and blood of all of us. In Christ Jesus name, amen.

10-24-2012, 04:43 AM	#1
IShootBack Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,306	You are the Church So last night's tent meeting was more awesome than the night before, if that's possible. The speaker was a street preacher with 32 years of experience by the name of Jeff Hannon. I have known Jeff for a couple of years and did not know he was a preacher. He's a regular guy like me? {OK - that's a stretch calling me a regular guy...} Once he stood behind the pulpit the Spirit came on him and he was a different man. One powerful point he drove home is the church is not a building or a denomination or theology or doctrine. The church in America is you and I. So when we hear folks calling radio shows saying the church in America is asleep - they are talking about me and you and anyone else that thinks of themselves as a Disciple of Jesus Christ. That's a pretty big set of shoes to wear and I trust God will help me fill them as I should. __________________ "The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name." Exodus15:3 -->

10-24-2012, 08:13 AM	#2
ampaterry TFF Admin Staff Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Tennessee Contributor Posts: 6,287	Re: You are the Church So true - I have not been to a tent meeting in YEARS - but I (almost always) enjoyed going to them. __________________ A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders. Larry Elder

10-24-2012, 03:38 PM	#3
BlackEagle Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK Posts: 3,171	Re: You are the Church I think of 1 Peter 2:4-6: 4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” And I was reading 2 Cor 3 yesterday about how we are living letters. Thanks for the update; glad to hear about what God is doing.

11-11-2012, 05:52 PM	#4
captmike2 Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 10	Re: You are the Church Sounds like a good Pentecostal service... your Preacher friend is right, we are the church, it's not the brick and mortar, it's the flesh and blood of all of us. In Christ Jesus name, amen.