Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I completely agree.

It should be a celebration of the deseased's life, not a sermon to reach the lost attending the service.

Agreed... i've seen it go overboard with a really nasty after-taste for the non-church member family.

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Apocrypha

Agreed... i've seen it go overboard with a really nasty after-taste for the non-church member family.

Yep. And it's often used to take pot-shots at the "fallen away" Apostolics who will show up at funerals of people they've known all of their lives.

I have you captive here, so I'm going to take the opportunity to tell you what I think of you.

Very poor taste, and that's putting it mildly.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Yep. And it's often used to take pot-shots at the "fallen away" Apostolics who will show up at funerals of people they've known all of their lives.

I have you captive here, so I'm going to take the opportunity to tell you what I think of you.

Very poor taste, and that's putting it mildly.

This absolutely DOES happen!

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*

Yep. And it's often used to take pot-shots at the "fallen away" Apostolics who will show up at funerals of people they've known all of their lives.

I have you captive here, so I'm going to take the opportunity to tell you what I think of you.

Very poor taste, and that's putting it mildly.

I agree...a funeral shouldn't be a bully pulpit.

If you want a funeral to be an evangelistic opportunity of sorts, then spend your time bonding with the family and assisting with the small things. They'll remember THAT a lot more than the sermon. One of the things that stuck with me when my Dad died was my pastor's wife simply making a pot of coffee and sitting with us. No one really talked. We just had coffee.

I don't even remember the sermons--and there were three of them.