Alan Grime Bible Passages, Matthew, Ministry Illistrations, music

A Once Disliked Hynm

My senior year in High School, my band director made the decision to follow her husband's job offering in another state and thus would no longer be able to teach at our school. The unfortunate timing set her departure right before Christmas break. Thus the Christmas concert would be her last in our small town. … Continue reading A Once Disliked Hynm

Alan Grime Bible Passages, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Nehemiah, sermons

revival

Revival – noun A bringing back to a state of prior existence. A large meeting of people in a church-like setting. Related to this word are people, the Wesley Brothers, Billy Graham, and the Gaithers. Things such as tents, alter calls, mass conversions, and hymns, Time periods of the First and Second Great Awakenings here … Continue reading revival

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The Crazy Ones

Band Camp. Already your thoughts turn to marching, summer heat, maybe the movie Drum line, or experiences of your own, but not this camp. You see my band director had this crazy idea that bordered "The Music Man's" sense of crazy and the adventure of the "Wizard of Oz." The idea was to bring in … Continue reading The Crazy Ones

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The Gospel Is a Joke

Found this on Fresh Pressed. Many of the points I found to be true. There have been several times when jokes have been told and they did not come across the way that I had intended. NOTE: Don’t let the post title mislead you.

davebarnhart's avatarDave Barnhart

I don’t mean “the Gospel is a joke” in a pejorative way. I mean it in a metaphorical way:

  • When you hear it, you either get it or you don’t.
  • You can explain it and explain it and explain it and people will still not get it.
  • Sometimes after years of not getting it, something happens in your life that makes you say, “Oh, now I get it.” We call this feeling an epiphany.
  • You can tell by the quality of their laughter whether or not people get it. Some laugh along because they think they’re supposed to. Some assume that to be good, the joke must be at someone’s expense…
  • …but the best jokes are not told at anyone else’s expense. The best presentations of the Gospel contain no malice or contempt.
  • Sometimes you hear it so often you stop laughing. But maybe one day it sneaks up on you…

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