http://www.hoei.com/blog/archives/2005/11/14/109 Home of the Osborne family Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:18:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.hoei.com/blog/archives/2005/11/14/109#comment-425 The Land of Ozz » Blog Archive » MegaChurch Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:31:20 +0000 http://www.hoei.com/blog/archive/2005/11/14/109/#comment-425 [...] Some critics refer to the praise and worship that attracts many teens to a mega church as entertainment or even equate the music to a rock concert. A rock concert was how The Post and Courier reporter referred to the praise and worship leading up to a talk given by Rick Warren during his visit to Charleston, SC in November. Many of these comments come from secular sources, but once in a megachurch service you can often look around and see how many people are lifting their hands and praising God and not the band. Look and you will see some who have tears dripping down their face from being over-filled with the Holy Spirit. Not all megachurch services are filled with the Holy Spirit all of the time as with many church services, but there does seem to be a much more powerful presence of God when you get a thousand plus people joined in prayer, praise, and worship. [...] [...] Some critics refer to the praise and worship that attracts many teens to a mega church as entertainment or even equate the music to a rock concert. A rock concert was how The Post and Courier reporter referred to the praise and worship leading up to a talk given by Rick Warren during his visit to Charleston, SC in November. Many of these comments come from secular sources, but once in a megachurch service you can often look around and see how many people are lifting their hands and praising God and not the band. Look and you will see some who have tears dripping down their face from being over-filled with the Holy Spirit. Not all megachurch services are filled with the Holy Spirit all of the time as with many church services, but there does seem to be a much more powerful presence of God when you get a thousand plus people joined in prayer, praise, and worship. [...]

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