Good old-fashioned preaching!

[OFIB Preacher]

The narrator of the story called it a sermon. It looks like you haven't read it yourself and are just making stuff up as you go along. This discrepancy and that hole in your account in the other thread whereby you were apparently born in 1944 but married at 13 years in 1957 makes it look like you aren't truly who you say you are.

Could you perhaps help us out and verify who you are? If you are a reverend, there may be mention of you on a church website, yes? I'm sorry if my doubting you offends.

Look what the wash is bringing out!

[OFIB Preacher]

Yes, I saw that; but being the power house of intellect that I am, I deduced that unless the former Pastor Cooper had been resurrected and was posting, the person currently posting as Pastor Cooper must be the one in the YouTube clip. Brilliant!

LOL

[OFIB Preacher]

I know - but I was kinda wondering if our "Reverend" took his screen name from the dead guy - especially since he introduced himself as Brother, but in one of his posts, signed it Reverend.

BTW - I do admire your power house!

HMMMMMMMMMM! Interesting conclusion and very posible!

[ThomasCooper]

This is the only "Reverend" Thomas Cooper I could find on the Internet or YouTube. You have a very interesting preaching style Pastor Cooper.

That's a different preacher.

[ThomasCooper]

The narrator of the story called it a sermon.

The narrator of the story did not relay the full contents of the sermon. You stand rebuked!

[trc123]

That's a different preacher.

Do you have a website for you or your church that you can share?


Thank you.

[ThomasCooper]

Do you have a website for you or your church that you can share?


Thank you.

No. I've had enough trouble from the KKK heathens in Martinsville in Indiana and their fellows in Florida to make sure they can't track me down. NOBody said it was easy to be a true Christian! Edited August 4, 2010 by ThomasCooper

[CPR]

No. I've had enough trouble from the KKK heathens in Martinsville in Indiana and their fellows in Florida to make sure they can't track me down. NOBody said it was easy to be a true Christian!

What? Everything you say makes less and less sense.

[Alimantado]

The narrator of the story did not relay the full contents of the sermon. You stand rebuked!

That is true as he said that he had already been preaching for several hours. But relevance has that to my point?

CPR: "Funny, there wasn't a verse of scripture in that 'sermon' you posted."

Your response: "I didn't say it was a sermon."

The preacher in the account itself: "My sermon this past weekend..."

CPR was making a point about the sermon in the account you posted. Your response was to say that you didn't say it was a sermon, which to have any relevance had to mean that you didn't consider what was in the account to be a sermon. But the preacher in the actual account calls his speaking a sermon and he does so a number of times.

[ThomasCooper]

What? Everything you say makes less and less sense.

Have you ever tried to rebuke the KKK heathens in regards to their lieberalism? Well, I've had enough property ruined with their burning crosses in my front yard and on church lawn! We still minister to them, but I no longer maintain a web site that could identify my location.

[trc123]

Have you ever tried to rebuke the KKK heathens in regards to their lieberalism? Well, I've had enough property ruined with their burning crosses in my front yard and on church lawn! We still minister to them, but I no longer maintain a web site that could identify my location.

I've heard the KKK called many things, but lieberal is not one of them!

[Pastor Matt]

If safety is a concern, why are you mentioning it on the internet where your IP location is easily accessible?

[Pastor Matt]

Oh, but you haven't heard the deacon preach! Scripture is the cornerstone of preaching, but technique is also important. Or would you say Jonathan Edwards didn't preach right?! Men who preach such sermons is what brings people to the Lord, and keeps them! Glory!

Nice try on the Spin Zone!! We are talking about technique and you spin it to Edwards and a deacon. My point was that I use Scripture for my technique where your technique no Scripture was posted.

[Annie]

Oh, but you haven't heard the deacon preach! Scripture is the cornerstone of preaching, but technique is also important. Or would you say Jonathan Edwards didn't preach right?! Men who preach such sermons is what brings people to the Lord, and keeps them! Glory!

Am I hearing this "Calvinist" correctly? "Men who preach such sermons is [sic] what brings people to the Lord"??? "and keeps them"??? I must say that no Calvinist I have ever known would stand for this kind of man-centered theology. "Men...are what [sic] bring people to the Lord"? "Men...keep them"? I'm pretty sure John Calvin himself would have a few things to say about these ideas.

Have you read any of Edwards' preaching (which he read in a monotone)? No sensationalism...no theatrics...no bragging...no singling out and embarrassing people...just some effective, appropriate use of word pictures that helped to clarify his message. Bloody chicken gizzards? Rusty forceps? Any props whatsoever? Ranting about political activism? I'll let you answer.

Are you for real, "Thomas Cooper?" Edited August 6, 2010 by Annie

[trc123]

Totally unrelated trivia warning........

I live 3/4 of a mile from the very spot where Reverend Edwards preached his sermon, "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" here in Enfield, CT. The only thing that is left at that spot today is a large stone marker with an engraving identifying the spot's significance AND a Catholic Montessori school sponsored by the local Convent.