...and no one was listening...

Looking at this photo of Nathan preaching on the Boardwalk, I am reminded of that quote from Rob Bell in NOOMA 009. "I heard him using words like Sin, Hell, Repent, Judgement and Jesus and No one was listening"

Well Rob Bell. 

People Listen. 

Open Air Preaching - College Tour Day 3 - VCU

I admit I have not been Open Air Preaching many times, I just started at the end of last summer, and the weather in the winter makes it hard. But of all the places I have open air preached, I have never meet more people, more hecklers, and more Mormons that just out right hated the Gospel. The crew from RichmondBET.org handled themselves very well, I learned a lot and was honored to follow them around with my camera. Despite the ridiculous amount of protest, it like it always did helped gather a crowd who was ready to answer questions and engage in amazing discussions about the Savior and what he did for them...

An atheist stands side by side Rob raising her voice to overpower him.

She was reading from "The Gospel According to The Flying Spaghetti Monster" ...no really.

The Sign reads as follows "Surgeons General: Standing to close to these people may increase your chance of becoming an IDIOT"

Matt teams up against a pack of mormons.

Nathan Preaching to a crowd.

Matt Preaching in front of the VCU Hibbs Building.


The RichmondBET.org Team


Chris Shares the Gospel, only to be recorded, this will only greatly increase his message.

Christ IS Risen. What a thought for an Emergent.

Yesterday was the greatest day of the Year. Easter Sunday. The single day of the year that gives hope to every other day. I woke up way to early to go to the SONrise service at my little reformed southern baptist fundamental traditional church where I am the only college aged student.

I had a thought. Wow. I said as I pondered to myself, shivering as I sat outside watching the moon go down. (We have a beautiful Church right on the water, however it faces the east...beautiful Sunsets, empty Sunrises)

The idea of a SONrise is pretty emergent. It's just the sort of brain-thought that Rob Bell should make a video of. A play on words, the Sun Rises, get it..The SON Rises...as he talks to us as if were in the second grade and unable to understand complex theology such as substitutionary atonement.

Well I laughed. Us Southern Baptists' have done this here thing for a long time. +1 Creativity for the SBC.

Anyways, on to the point. I am not Emergent so I do indeed have a few.

As we finished our amazing breakfast buffet after the service, I ran upstairs to hone my chalk and creativity skills on the "paint on" chalk board, when a Youth asked if she could help. I said yes, and I wrote the Bold Words "He Is Risen"

I told her she can write "He is Risen Indeed..." on the other side.

She then asked a question, in which I have never thought of the answer, nor pondered the statement.

Why is it "He IS Risen, and not He HAS Risen?"

Such a question did not require me holding a conversation, meeting with and among other scholars, or setting up a stool in a round. I knew the answer immediately.

He is Still Risen. He is Still Alive. He Has Risen can only refer to Lazarus who is dead.

The statement He Is Risen, can never be up for discussion. He is, and will always be Risen. Forever.

The Statement He IS Risen is very boldly a statement of Fact. It is not something that can be pondered, questioned, examined, or inquired. He simply IS.

There is no conversation on what is is. We Know. Our Faith rests upon that Statement of Three words. He IS Risen.

Paul says in 1st Corinthians 15:19
"If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men."

Which of course begs a question.

How can the Emergent Church stand on wavering thoughts, when the "everything" of Christianity rests on a word so absolute, so fact filled as IS.

Without that IS, Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, performed many miracles, died on a cross for the sins of mankind, and it all means nothing.

Without Easter there is no Messiah, There is no Joy in Christmas, nor Hope in the Future.

But because He IS Risen...There Is.

Marcus Pittman
www.transplantministries.com
www.oomaoo.com

Transplant Welcomes EvangelismTeam.com!

Transplant Ministries has started working on promotional material for EvangelismTeam.com, If you never visited their site Evangelism Team has tons of resources for all of your outreach needs. They also have Media. So go there, watch their witness encounters and pray that God is Greatly Glorified due to our partnership...

Be on the lookout for a nice new DVD that will have some really impressive graphics that we created and of course as the name of the website implies EVANGELISM!

If you are new to Transplant Ministries let me take a moment to thank you for stopping in and visiting. Transplant Ministries is dedicated to Powerful Christian Media productions. We believe that in such a media driven society the only way for Christian Media to stand out and make an Impact is to counter secular media with the exact same standard for quality. If the secular world's standard for creativity and quality is high for our own entertainment value, how much higher should our standard for quality and creativity be for the creator of creativity. When you look at it that way, you should cry out to God in fear as we look at today's "Standard" for christian media. ugh...

For all the supporters of TM, please pray for us as we head into this exciting time of expansion, please pray that we are able to convert all the growth into a God Glorifying ministry that is financially stable. Over the past few weeks I have felt the direction of this ministry shift into more of a Ministry Support Ministry. Providing quality graphics and video for other ministries is a really great way to expand other ministries and increasing God's Glory ten fold. An amateur video gives the impression of an amateur ministry, however professional video and graphics can really expand a ministries audience.

In a way it boils down to the whole The Passion of the Christ VS Cloud Ten Rapture movies comparison. See the difference a professional production makes.

Anyways thanks to Evangelism Team!