Street Preaching

Posted by Troy Eckhardt on June 7, 2014 at 10:44 am

A Facebook friend, a person I admire outside of the digital life as well, posted something about the street preachers in our town. I gave my two cents.  I hope she takes it in the loving way I intended it.

Here is my response:

This is probably my church, and street preaching is one of about fifteen ways we evangelize. It works for some, and not for others. I personally focus on other methods because I’m good at what appeals to me, but I have seen a lot of souls saved from this method. I prefer talking one on one, but I will not disparage something that I know brings some to the saving knowledge of Christ Jesus.

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Love is Love

Posted by Troy Eckhardt on at 9:02 am

After a Facebook friend posted this image, a lively debate ensued. One woman asked two questions which I felt compelled to answer: “What is love?” and “So it’s conditional?”

The following are my responses:

“What is love?”

Jesus said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” From this we can deduce that love is the extent to which a person is willing to sacrifice for the benefit of another.

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