Be not be drunk with wine... wine thread.

[Frecs]

Last Sunday at Church it looked like about three quarters of the attendees engage in risky behavior & that includes the Paster. Over eating is not easy to hide.

And, considering that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, we (and I am including myself) should do better at taking care of it....

[Firefighter]

Did you hear any of the things he said?

For the cause of Christ
Roger

I heard everything he said. Why?

[notuptome]

I heard everything he said. Why?

Just checking. If this person spoke from the bible then it merits attention.

For the cause of Christ
Roger

[notuptome]

Last Sunday at Church it looked like about three quarters of the attendees engage in risky behavior & that includes the Paster. Over eating is not easy to hide.

Some congregations just love their pastors to death...literally. 1 Tim 5:17-18

For the cause of Christ
Roger

[Firefighter]

Not at all.

1) He admitted that the sermon was truth.

2) When asked, he said he found nothing un-biblical about the sermon.

3) He complained that us mega-church pastors come to churches like his and preach sermons and then go back to our comfy mega-churches and have no idea what it is like to have to get into the trenches.

4) A host of people told me that it was the PERFECT sermon for this particular time in that church. Without any previous discussion between us, the music, the special singing, and the message all were on theme.

5) 2 months prior to preaching, I told my wife that that particular church was going to call. When she asked how I knew, I told her that I had gotten a sermon for them. Sure enough, they called. I hadn't preached at that church in almost 2 years.

[Slug1]

5) 2 months prior to preaching, I told my wife that that particular church was going to call. When she asked how I knew, I told her that I had gotten a sermon for them. Sure enough, they called. I hadn't preached at that church in almost 2 years.

It's amazing how the Lord works behind the scenes in ways we never know unless we are obedient to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. On your end, a message and on their end... a need and calling specifically the one who God intended to speak through to them. God is Good.

[embankmentlb]

Yep, Folks only like to point out so called sins they don't do.
Matthew 7:5
You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

[Firefighter]

I thought I was going to wet myself over number 3...

[Slug1]

I thought I was going to wet myself over number 3...

Yeah... you should have showed him the photos you posted of you preaching out on that lawn/field.

[notuptome]

I thought I was going to wet myself over number 3...

That would have been real classy.

Why would he think you were a mega church preacher? Doesn't he know they never preach anything offensive to sinners*? (*dripping with ironic humor)

For the cause of Christ
Roger

[Frecs]

That would have been real classy.

Why would he think you were a mega church preacher? Doesn't he know they never preach anything offensive to sinners*? (*dripping with ironic humor)

For the cause of Christ
Roger

It's because of his fancy suit, expensive car, and that shellac'd hairdo!

[PneumaPsucheSoma]

Maybe. But I've lost about three or four friends to alcohol. None to heart attacks yet. They didn't live long enough to develop heart disease.

My sincere condolensces in these cases; but I'm not sure what you mean. Were they moderate consumption believers, alcoholic believers, killed in an accident they caused while consuming, or victims of an accident caused by someone else consuming?

Alcohol-related deaths are tragic, but pale numerically in comparison to food/obesity/gluttony-related deaths. Most alcohol-related deaths are due to the combination of drinking and driving; impaired driving being the problem.

(I am not advocating alcohol, just refusing to go beyond Scripture and mandate universal abstinence.)

[Firefighter]

It's because of his fancy suit, expensive car, and that shellac'd hairdo!

I drove the same car I met you at the restaurant in. I didn't wear a jacket, but alas, I must admit to the shellacked hairdo.

[Frecs]

I drove the same car I met you at the restaurant in. I didn't wear a jacket, but alas, I must admit to the shellacked hairdo.

I was just kidding you, I know you fancy smancy...and I really doubt you had shallaced hair, either! Silly boy, you are too redneck for that stuff!

[notuptome]

I was just kidding you, I know you fancy smancy...and I really doubt you had shallaced hair, either! Silly boy, you are too redneck for that stuff!

Musta been his silvery tongued oratory. All them theological terms and such.

For the cause of Christ
Roger