The Meeting, Day 2
Youth Explosion's gazillion-voice choir rocked once again, especially a dance-infused rendition of "Holy." The Man was even better the second time around! Live music -- horns, percussion, tympani, acoustic, bass, and electric guitars, drums, middle eastern melodies, even classic hymns -- takes hip hop to another dimension, and it's amazing what three Alvin Ailey dancers can do to spice up a show. Nicky Cruz gave the most post-modern sermon I've heard from an "older" preacher since Eddie Gibbs last December. I'm still trying to figure out what he was talking about, but his stories captivated the audience, and by the end, the altar was filled with young people dedicating their lives to Christ. Most memorable for me was his one-of-a-kind sermon closing, the testimony of his "first convert": a two-bit thug mocked Nicky for days after his own conversion until Nicky gave him a beat-down, broke his nose, and threatened even more bodily harm until he prayed to receive Jesus. Nicky left the discipling to someone else. Almost as fun was Nicky's description of Jesus' reaction to Peter -- whose "spirit" Nicky claimed to "possess" during that first evangelistic experience -- after Peter cut the soldier's ear off trying to defend Christ: "Peter, how's he going to listen to me?"
posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 11/12/2005 11:30:00 PM
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