I had heard the J-E-S-U-S thing as sort of a joke, but this guy was dead serious. The biggest problem is, when "Jesus" is written in Greek or Hebrew, or a hundred other languages, how many letters does his name have?
Evidently, he didn't consider that.
Our guy was serious too! That's what made it so funny. Not a lot of deep scholarship going on in preparation for that sermon
OK, I got one. It was a SS lesson (adult class), not a sermon. And it wasn't the main point of it, just something the teacher mentioned, related (I guess) to the lesson. He said the Bible says "call no man father", so when he was a kid, they never called their father "father". They called him "dad" instead.
I kid you not.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
A former pastor of mine use to refer to the scripture 1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
He always called it faith unfringed and one time said that meant our faith could have no attachments.
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God has lavished his love upon me.
OK, I got one. It was a SS lesson (adult class), not a sermon. And it wasn't the main point of it, just something the teacher mentioned, related (I guess) to the lesson. He said the Bible says "call no man father", so when he was a kid, they never called their father "father". They called him "dad" instead.
I kid you not.
It's a shame that we got to many among us that are just that smart.
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God has lavished his love upon me.
OK, I got one. It was a SS lesson (adult class), not a sermon. And it wasn't the main point of it, just something the teacher mentioned, related (I guess) to the lesson. He said the Bible says "call no man father", so when he was a kid, they never called their father "father". They called him "dad" instead.
A former pastor of mine use to refer to the scripture 1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
He always called it faith unfringed and one time said that meant our faith could have no attachments.
Once long ago, when I was filling in for a preacher in a VERY small church, my entire sermon consisted of "Welcome to _____ UPC. I would like to talk to you today about choosing who you will serve"
*insert famous Joshua scripture here*
Me - "Let's all pray"
LOL
They weren't even done counting the offering - everyone just sat there looking at me.
I've heard several sermons using the KJV text (Acts 26 I believe) where Paul says " I think myself happy" and use it to mean that we're to have a positive attitude. Drives me absolutely nuts hearing such poor interpretation.
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