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Who’d of thought we’d see this in the US of all places!
Details here.
Further analysis here and here.
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They went there hoping that this would happen.
It’s not persecution when you go looking for it
Brian,
Please read the article before you make such comments.
Blessings
Eric
Did the reader of Scripture do anything different than Christ when he preached in public places? Are “public places” now the places where God is no longer tolerated? Should evangelical Christians be arrested for exercising their First Amendment rights of speech and religion, particularly in places of government that are sworn to uphold those rights?
So much for the belief in freedom of speech. So don’t play your radios, tape decks or CD’s with any ministerial subjects at the DMV…they might tow your car in and then you would have to pay to get it out of impound or take away your personal radio. Apparently any other subject or form of music is permissible? I frequently hear loud radios playing gansta rap music with profuse profanity, degrading lyrics, etc…yet no one is arrested. Are they asking for it too???
I have spent my entire life, as a firm believer in the American principle of Freedom of Speech, and as a Christian who believes in doing to others what we would want them to do to us, tolerating the annoyances of others who choose to express themselves in public. Whether they are preachers on a street corner, Christian or otherwise, or folks in cars blasting music, or street musicians banging on drums, etc. This arrest was unwarranted and uncalled for. As I have sarcastically noted at W4, if someone’s street preaching is annoying to you, put on some good headphones attached to an IPod and drown them out. The police should have more important things to do then arresting someone reading out loud from a book. No matter who they are.
Clearly a case of intentional civil disobedience. I’m not a fan.
Did they really think that this was a helpful way to share the gospel? I was not impress but embarrassed. There are far more effective ways to proclaim the gospel and God’s word.
If these clowns want to experience persecution – as opposed to protection of property rights – let them go and pull the same stunt in the Middle East.
I wonder how many Christians that applaud this kind of behavior would like it if it were Wicans or KKK or or some other group that they were opposed to on a pedestal outside of a federal facility trying to get their message across. They try to paint this as if it is government opposition to the message, but whether I’m reading one or quoting one or ad-libing one, they were preaching a message outside of the proper context – taping it and showing they were inviting confrontation – and it comes across as more of a PR stunt to get their names in the news than it does an honest attempt to reach the lost.
Not the point Daniel…point is all groups are protected under our Constitution…whether Wicans…KKK….or Christian…..period
No Miranda rights were recited that I saw.
Miranda rights don’t have to be given except in criminal arrest.
I would like to know if a law was being violated first before saying they should not have been arrested. Aren’t Christians interested in facts anymore or do they just want to jump to conclusions? I have been in outreaches and there were certain places we could not stand, and we could not impede pedestrain traffic.
As they were standing on the street or sidewalk, they were engaging in constitutional protected activity. The cops made it clear that the arrest was not because he was obstructing traffic or trespassing, but because he was preaching.
While I’m glad these people are exercising all of their god given rights to live and speak their mind there’s a natural limit as set by social standards. You must use a certain amount of common sense to probe for that limit. I watched the video. Not once, in the video, did they ask the public whether they wanted to hear the words of god. Not once, in the video, did they give them the indication that this was filmed and for what purpose. Not once did they ask them if it was alright that they were amongst a camera filming the words of god.
People have started making these unfortunate assumptions without a lick of consideration or courtesy of the people around them.
When the people you’re talking to are VISIBLY annoyed and you’re told to move along, please, be courteous and just move along. Not doing so only hurts your purpose and fuels embarrassment for people who agree in your opinion wholeheartedly. Unless, of course, you make an extremely compelling argument that can sway EVERY opposing opinion. However if there remains just one opposing opinion, please just leave.
Also, Make sure your argument is sincere don’t just rely on your “rights”, since rights in America are and always have been somewhat murky. I say somewhat since it becomes much less murky as soon as the amount of money you’re willing to spend toward exercising a certain right increases.
Bob, street preaching has a purpose: to convict men and women of their sins and bring them to repentance in Christ Jesus our Lord. I know many Christians that do not view it as being an effective form of ministry, but sometimes the Lord calls us to street preach to save souls, for, even if only one life is saved, it is worth all the suffering in the world.
Many of us ignore these shabby men who stand on street corners with signs saying, “Repent! For the time of Christ’s second coming is near!” But they do more than most of us who are rich to further the kingdom of heaven and save lives out of obedience and love for God. Their consciences will be clear before God in the judgment, and they will rightfully receive their reward.
I praise the Lord for such bold men! I am proud of them. I can only hope to be half as effective as they are in proclaiming the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ to the world. They are not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I am ashamed that we pretend that we are somehow mighty compared to them. We should be kissing their feet in our lowly position, for they have given their all. They are overcoming the world. What have we given?
Praise the Lord for these three men!
I wonder how a minority group of atheists, liberals, homosexuals, lesbians, and non-Christian groups are able to overpower a majority group like the Christians in the United States by dictating how they should run this country. Imagine, a country founded on the principle of God’s word, the Bible, now being overturned by these minority groups saying they are also citizens of the United States who should also be given equal rights. If these atheists, liberals, homosexuals, gays, lesbians, Jews, Muslims, Wiccans, etc. really want to exercise their rights then why don’t they get out of the United States to discover another land where they can form their own unbiblical constitution. Why stay in a country that was historically founded in the Christian faith? If they would like to stay then these atheists people should learn to live with it.