Some preachers' annoying habit...

[robycop3]

well still not nearly as bad as those who like to hold up their bibles, run back and forth on the stage, and yet rarely read out of it, just giving forth "Holy Ghost inspired speaking"

I only see those on TV.

 

[robycop3]

My pastor gave the type of sermon I prefer last Sunday. his topis was "works". He spoke of the importance of works by Christians, then said the most-refreshing words a pastor can say-"OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO..." & read some specific Scriptures about works, then, applied them to everyday situations while referring to Biblical people who'd done the same. He covered the topic swiftly, in detail, and I left, remembering the sermon quite-well. it left me better-equipped to counter those who say works aren't necessart, they're "another Gospel", ETC.

 

[George Antonios]

The preacher I'm talking about operates in the Charleston, WV-Huntington, WV-Ironton, OH-Ashland, KY. metro area of about 200K, which isn't remote. He's a Baptist. Those noises he makes are phony as a football bat. I guess he's covering up the fact that he's not a great preacher. But at least he tries.

I've heard others on the radio do the same thing. While several are good preachers, they spoil their sermons with their silly, phony, and unnecessary grunts.

Such habits are at first natural, then passed on as conditioned.
What usually happens is that God is with a preacher, anointing his preaching, but the preacher has an existent natural condition, such as post-nasal drip, forcing him to cough to clear up his throat.
Young men who admire the power of that man's preaching go too far in emulating him by picking up his throat-clearing cough as though the power of God lay in it, and the tic is modified in sundry degrees and ways and is passed on.
If that man is spending time with God and is sincere, then God will bless his preaching despite the affected habit, and if not, he won't.
A few grow enough to learn to give more lightning than thunder, but again, God can use it anyway, whether I like it or not (and am not really a fan. As usual, @rlvaughn made the temperate remark in post #9).

 

[robycop3]

Most people can tell if those grunts are consciously made on purpose or not.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

It's called whooping or hooping. Annoys the mess out of me as well.

It’s called entertainment and I’m apposed to it.

 

[Reynolds]

It’s called entertainment and I’m apposed to it.

Its an old preaching style that passes from generation to generation. Most don't even realize they are doing it. All they ever heard in church. Around here, black preachers are terrible about it. Hooping and breaking into old black dialect that I can't half understand.
The Lorddddd saidddd.
I am good friends with an old black preacher. He talks like me, but when he gets in the pulpit, I can't understand 90% of what he says.