Hi OneOfMany
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I read the article. I think it's worth noting that this was a non-believing theater critic who had pre-decided to critique this event as theater. He admits so at the start:
"
...I looked for signs of bad theater. For this was theater: one-man semi-improv, in costume, with no props and little to accentuate his message other than amplification and basic lighting."
And I'm assuming you added "Where is the gospel?" at the end of your post to imply that Mark perhaps ignored the gospel altogether, or perhaps he did a poor job conveying it, or maybe if another preacher in another church in another denomination had this same opportunity then this theater critic would surely have left with a better understanding of it and would have noted it in his article.
I think that's a bit unfair. We don't know at all what Mark preached or what the sermon or series was on*. We do know that Jesus and his disciples preached and performed many miracles and still most people's ears were shut to what they had to say and obtuse to the gospel. In my own evangelistic efforts as well I've encountered more rejection than acceptance, and I think I have the gift of evangelism
. I can't really fault Mark that this one theater critic didn't leave the church writing an article about the gospel.
*though I'm willing to bet they recorded it and if you were truly interested you could probably find it.
