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In Focus • Brother Stephen's preaching again

Zack Berbit '01

"Today was actually the first time I stayed to listen to Big Steve. Surprisingly, amidst the rants and raves I found some truly valid concepts Stephen hit upon. Both fortunately and unfortunately, Stephen's approach — televangelist on crack (but we know, of course, as a man free of sin he can't really be on crack) — is a bit overbearing and spurs laughter before thought.

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Brother Stephen serves as both entertainment and education, though it's somewhat obvious which takes precedence. Perhaps in the end he should ask himself, 'Am I informing those that sin, ultimately providing the option for salvation?' or, 'Am I driving 'sinners' further from salvation via their response to how I present?'

I stayed because I'm curious how a man of a different beliefs thinks. Only through open-mindedness will we better ourselves, in our own eyes."

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