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Re: Welcome Fellow Christians - Steve Pixler 8/17/
All I know is that I am who I am. If I feel to get louder I will, and if I choose to walk off the platform I will. My goal is to minister to the people. I personally feel that it is the anointing that I feel while I am preaching and feel it has been effective. My grandmother when I was a child would dance all over the church even when no else would. I remember her telling me when I was a boy not to quench the Spirit.
My grandma wasn't a theologian, but she was sincere and lived a consecrated life. I know that people like that have shaped who I am today. If I felt like whispering would help reach someone that is lost I would. Many have complimented Pixlar on his message of tolerance, but many seem to be intolerant of the way others may preach.
People today would rather have dim lighting, mood lights, a preacher sitting from a bar stool in blue jeans and you say that screamers our performance based. I'll be honest every person is performance based to a degree. I enjoyed Pixlar's sermon and he didn't scream, but I would do a poor job trying to preach like him. We all are entitled to our opinions, but I think both sides need to open minded. There is going to be people I may reach at my little church that your church may not and their will be those that you may reach that I can not. We all must do our best to be biblically accurate in following God and one day we will find out whether or not God likes southern gospel or contemporary praise and worship.
P.S. EB I wasn't meaning styles of music that is lewd, but I do mean that as long as it gives praise to God than I can care less about the melody or the tempo.
CC I also would let you know that a large number of our church congregation are not 2nd generation Pentecostals and have little church background and we seem to be growing. with the unchurched so I believe being ourselves is the only way to be loud or not.
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