Whirlwind

...so I've been bragging about this old man that I watch every morning before I head out the door to work. But I never seem to wake up in time to see his name or the title of the show.

This morning I did!!!

(Drumroll, please...?)

The show is called Shepherd's Chapel, and the pastor's name is Arnold Murray. I think he preaches the Word just great! His voice has gentleness in it, he's never angry. He can practically call the people who are listening "sinners" without offending anybody. And he makes you want to stick around to hear more. More than once, I've been dancing around in my living room waiting for him to finish so I could run to the bathroom!

I especially like how he goes from verse to verse, pausing to reflect on and give his interpretations. He says that God thinks of us all, his children, equally. There's no special ones, nobody's given extra powers here, we're all gifted equally. When God gifts us, he expects more from us, in fact.

Give him a watch. He's very comforting.

Can anybody else out there name their favorite shows? Recommendations? Pastors (I don't want to call them televangelists)?

Thanks!

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Psalm91

Is it on a local channel or a Christian network? Charles Stanley, he is very good.

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Pastor Gary

Whirlwind: Thank you for mentioning that.

As far as my research has taken me, Dr. Murray is one of the only Bible teaching Pastors in media who teaches chapter by chapter and verse by verse, using the original language manuscript texts as his explaination base for the wording in the King James Version Bible.

No hellfire and brimstone. No constant requests and marathons to raise cash to build new 'cathedrals'. Just honest Bible teaching. He teaches the Word of God as it was first written on parchment scrolls, before the traditions of man changed God's Word into an agenda of biased, misleading and deceptive teachings. It is refreshing to see the Word of God taught in media as it was intended to be taught originally in the manner of Christ's own teachings... non denominationally.

Boanerges

Watching TV Pastors is kind of like eating watermelon, you may have to spit out a couple of seeds now and then.

Beloved

My utmost favorite is Charles Stanley who I've been listening to since he first appeared on TV or radio...

On-line and on the radio is the Pastor J.Vernon Magee who was used by the Holy Spirit to bring me to the Lord...

David Wilkerson is another fave...

And I appreciate the teachings of Joyce Meyer, and motivational speaker Joel Osteen...

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Boanerges

I am a great fan of 4 out of those 5 and respect the other- it seems we have much the same taste!

NearertoGod

No kidding, brother.

You hit the nail right on the head.

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Whirlwind

Amazingly, I don't know the TV gets to this channel every night. I usually wake up, stumble into the Dolphin Room in my house, turn on the tube, and it's on that channel. I drink my coffee while I'm watching it.

It's PDX-49 out of Portland. I think they broadcast it due to FCC Public Service Requirements (they usually do those overnight). The show itself, I believe, comes out of Arkansas.

He has a website, and you can order his Mark of the Beast on CD Audio online free of charge - they don't even ask for shipping and handling.

Pastor Gary - yeah...this is the way I like it. Sometimes a gentle word can tell you more about the penalty and wages for sin than all the screaming of the most angry man. God has gifted Pastor Arnold Murray with this ability. He's an old guy that you just can't help but listen to! Then again, I listen to old people almost all day at work and I enjoy my job very much hearing their stories. I wish more young people would take the time to just sit and listen.

At the end of the show, he has a small snippet that says if you would like to send donations, here's the address...he doesn't have schrolling bars at the bottom that plea every five minutes. He doesn't constantly repeat the address. He doesn't offer prayers for donations. He says it once, quickly, so fast that I hardly had time to write it down. So it makes donating to his ministry seem more like a gift than a deed. And it is a gift!

Bo - yup. There's watermelon seeds out there. I don't usually like to hear my lessons off TV because it really can be frustrating when all you hear is send money, send money, send us more money. Reminds me of that show, Leap of Faith.

Anyway - beloved, thanks for the suggestions! I'm going to give them a try. I like downloading sermons and listening to them while I'm doing other things (driving, building shelves, etc). It's like multi-tasking.

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Ausgirl

Joel Osteen doesn't believe in teaching about sin - yes he is a motivational speaker, but he is not going to get people saved if he doesn't teach them why they need to change their lives to begin with.

Pastor Gary

Very true... he seems to have made a 'religion' out of his speaking engagements and this may be his way of securing his retirement funding. I have a major problem with TV personalities and so called 'ministers' who use media and religion as a business... to make millions of dollars (or other currencies) for themselves with their hand in the pockets of gullable people who listen to their 'message' and believe that if they donate all that they can, they will be given God's blessings. That is the message that some of these TV 'ministers' present... and unfortunately, they are getting RICH at the expense of persons who just don't know any better.

If a TV 'ministry' spends sunstantially more time asking for MONEY - than teaching, you can rest assured that it is a 'business' circumventing the laws under the guise of religion as a scam to get rich. This is dispicable and God will judge these slick talking charlatians for their deception.