tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post1050846157838517836..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: On laughing at your preacherBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-71644386452998547412010-04-24T19:30:49.206-04:002010-04-24T19:30:49.206-04:00The formerly gay preachers comment was described a...The formerly gay preachers comment was described as intensly penetrating. HaHaLaughing at Childish Sexual Innuendonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-26403379958275278922010-04-22T04:15:29.141-04:002010-04-22T04:15:29.141-04:00It isn't that terrible Ben
Dictionary says &q...It isn't that terrible Ben<br /><br />Dictionary says "Pertinence - Having logical precise relevance to the matter at hand"<br /><br />Better to name those sins than mumble some generic confession.Fatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-7581360633907209792010-04-22T02:45:40.188-04:002010-04-22T02:45:40.188-04:00I've got another good one: in our college chap...I've got another good one: in our college chapel service yesterday, there was a printed order of service. When it came to the prayer of confession, the congregation was summoned to confess our sins "in pertinence and faith". I'm guessing that Word's auto-correct was to blame for this one.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-49121144462135474682010-04-21T01:18:00.406-04:002010-04-21T01:18:00.406-04:00sorry about the comment - I'm sure he will rec...sorry about the comment - I'm sure he will recover from the embarrassment. Public speaking can have its pitfalls!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-79469781130894424922010-04-21T00:07:34.041-04:002010-04-21T00:07:34.041-04:00"Maybe Dick Lucas should check his medication..."Maybe Dick Lucas should check his medication" ... or meditation. "out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks"?? <br /><br />poor guy, hope he recovers from the embarrassment. the blogs are not helping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-71528326573700065362010-04-20T22:09:21.551-04:002010-04-20T22:09:21.551-04:00Maybe Dick Lucas should check his medication - is ...Maybe Dick Lucas should check his medication - is he taking the right dosage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-70268619421065476782010-04-20T19:55:45.032-04:002010-04-20T19:55:45.032-04:00Those are bad - but not quote so bad as this clang...Those are bad - but not quote so bad as <a href="http://st-eutychus.com/2010/freudian-slip/" rel="nofollow">this clanger from Dick Lucas</a>...Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317381886477652487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-55838820770841012652010-04-20T03:11:34.644-04:002010-04-20T03:11:34.644-04:00Once during the closing prayer of a service of a c...Once during the closing prayer of a service of a church I was attending, the pastor was improvising on his quasi-standard prayer of benediction and said the following: "Help us to help those who cannot help themselves, so that they can help us to help them, to help...." Realizing the circularity into which he had gotten himself entangled, he abruptly let off with the final "help" and began the next sentence: "And be with our president, and all the members of his cabinet, and with congress, and with our state and local leaders..."<br /><br />Well, I <i>did</i> laugh, as did my friend standing next to me, and it erupted into one of those shared moments of convulsive laughter that can be hard objectively to discern just what is going on, from the outside, what with heads bowed and eyes closed and all. So a dear lady across the aisle from my friend (one of those "dear old ladies" that all the churchfolk know), mistaking his convulsing as that of crying (perhaps lament) rather than hilarity, quickly crossed the aisle to embrace him and to offer him a kleenex. That gesture, of course, only exacerbated my laughter, which the nice lady herself mistook. She gave me that stern look only someone who has been a mother can give a son: "How dare you laugh at this grown man crying!," the look said.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584371933193379683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-87208736076617226872010-04-20T03:08:15.746-04:002010-04-20T03:08:15.746-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584371933193379683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-65978143477954967642010-04-20T03:06:26.587-04:002010-04-20T03:06:26.587-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584371933193379683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-65273705751825577522010-04-20T03:02:28.894-04:002010-04-20T03:02:28.894-04:00My pastor once messed up a word (and if I remember...My pastor once messed up a word (and if I remember right the word that came out was already close to something sexual) and then added "Well, I sure pulled a real boner there." I still can't believe it.micahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14664691402999564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-28405899760453930402010-04-19T21:23:49.507-04:002010-04-19T21:23:49.507-04:00tsk, tsk. What has all this piety got us?tsk, tsk. What has all this piety got us?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006685610827238652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-29865869935354864632010-04-19T19:39:07.728-04:002010-04-19T19:39:07.728-04:00Chris, to be more precise: the bride's family ...Chris, to be more precise: the bride's family were all Christians, and none of them laughed; the groom's family were drinking heartily, and they <i>did</i> laugh. It's only the Christian folk who seem to have trouble responding to hilarity!Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-17505727740014985742010-04-19T19:34:52.813-04:002010-04-19T19:34:52.813-04:00Weddings are often such mixed affairs, I'm rea...Weddings are often such mixed affairs, I'm really surprised no one laughed there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006685610827238652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-54624134008806267112010-04-19T08:06:59.764-04:002010-04-19T08:06:59.764-04:00I once heard a magnificent sermon where the priest...I once heard a magnificent sermon where the priest said, "You know what we all need? Agenda change!" <br /><br />It took a few moments before he realised that the congregation had heard, "A gender change!", which explained the funny looks he was getting...Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-40554561130713567062010-04-19T05:28:05.635-04:002010-04-19T05:28:05.635-04:00My wife, a preacher, once referred in an early ser...My wife, a preacher, once referred in an early sermon to "'The Passion of the Christ' by Mel Brooks."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-34474668153427146632010-04-19T03:57:38.469-04:002010-04-19T03:57:38.469-04:00Many years ago I was reading the gospel at a small...Many years ago I was reading the gospel at a small country church and I cannot remember now what the actual reading was but I stammered over a word and so what came out was the 'c' word instead. I kept going but later mucked up the Lords Prayer when I was trying to be extra careful.<br /><br />On the drive home my wife said "Don - they'd forgive anything out there except one thing - you muffed the Lord's Prayer".Fatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-13164503918178205292010-04-19T00:59:18.086-04:002010-04-19T00:59:18.086-04:00Yeah...I can't control myself if I were to see...Yeah...I can't control myself if I were to see that happen. I mean hearing a screw up like that in a sermon or something of that nature may come only once in a lifetime, twice if lucky. People just need to lay back and see the humor in it sometimes.<br /><br />Now the guy in Arni's link, um...he might want to see a shrink sometime in the future.The Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634589611591051338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-84838745399732802102010-04-19T00:22:24.493-04:002010-04-19T00:22:24.493-04:00Stimulating!
For me the funniest preacher is Mr. ...Stimulating!<br /><br />For me the funniest preacher is Mr. Bean as priest performing his first marriage ceremony in "Four Weddings and a Funeral."<br /><br />Always look in the bright side of life.Studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-78776736559548774332010-04-18T20:35:04.411-04:002010-04-18T20:35:04.411-04:00Arni, I knew you were linking to the "pinch h...Arni, I knew you were linking to the "pinch his tits" sermon before I looked , that one still makes me laugh, especially cause he realized it.. his face is priceless<br /><br />Ben, thanks for sharing... you did do the "penetrating spiritual intensity" on purpose right?Annahttp://wayfaringartist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-67461902107166025792010-04-18T18:22:33.733-04:002010-04-18T18:22:33.733-04:00Justin, my wife was also appalled by the "pen...Justin, my wife was also appalled by the "penetrating" metaphor. She said gravely: "You see, this is what happens when you blog after half a bottle of wine."Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-3492573903733645212010-04-18T17:32:24.785-04:002010-04-18T17:32:24.785-04:00@ Anonymous. Ben said he was cured, but the Mickey...@ Anonymous. Ben said he was cured, but the Mickey Mouse t-shirt is code.roger flyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760496978120984974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1964853240669026282010-04-18T16:58:19.919-04:002010-04-18T16:58:19.919-04:00Ben, I thought you should have left out the word &...Ben, I thought you should have left out the word "spiritual" from your post, so then you also would have a badly used metaphor:<br /><br />"With penetrating ... intensity, the preacher exclaimed: "Who knows how many seeds he has sown into the gay community?"<br /><br />;)Justin Irelandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-81222658451091770412010-04-18T11:32:56.560-04:002010-04-18T11:32:56.560-04:00Driscoll is gay???Driscoll is gay???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-9838271148035525892010-04-18T09:40:59.825-04:002010-04-18T09:40:59.825-04:00This one is quite a classic: http://www.youtube.co...This one is quite a classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vs5nZYq1hY :)Arni Zachariassenhttp://www.arnizachariassen.com/ithinkibelievenoreply@blogger.com