Why couldn’t a person decorate a church by putting a few animals and deer heads around the place?

…several members often decorate their homes accordingly. Does it make them less spiritual? Just wondering.

Has any pastor, ever, anywhere, finished a sermon within 10 minutes of saying: “And finally…”

Since hallelujah actually means: “to be clamorously foolish” “shout” “basically act like your team scored a touchdown” (the last one was mine)… why don’t we just scream “yeahhhhhhh baby!!!! whooohoooo!!!!!” and see what happens to the song leader?

Wouldn’t the guys who wrote the words hallelujah in the Bible think our version of it (basically remaining calm, reverent, and quiet) looks silly?

Quietly sigh and say, “Yay, we won the Super Bowl.”

Where in the world is Beulah Land? (I’m kidding I really know… it’s next door to Belize, South America right?)

Shouldn’t paintball and football be played in heaven?

If we can’t put a deer head on the wall at church, could we at least put a sword or armor up there?

Here’s my one complaint with hymns… sometimes the music behind them is a little outdated. Love the words though. Well, except for this one:

“There is a fountain filled with blood,
drawn from Emmanuel’s veins,
and sinners plunged beneath that flood
lose all their guilty stains”

That’s just gross. Yes, I understand the cross is gross and horrible and all that, (and that’s a big part of why the story so powerful) but if that song wouldn’t freak out a visiting unbeliever, I don’t know what would.

Here’s a complaint with praise choruses… sometimes they have words that sound really feminine. “Jesus, lover of my soul” “You’re altogether lovely, altogether wonderful to me” “draw me close to you, never let me go” Feminine. It’s okay to sound feminine… it’s just that I’m not… you know…

female.

Love most of the music though.

Did you know the apostles never called anyone to a “personal relationship with Jesus Christ?”
People were called to believe, repent, and be baptized in Jesus name.

Nor does the phrase “passionate and intimate relationship with Jesus” appear in the Bible.
People were called to live by the Spirit.

Nor do the words “family of God” appear.
Instead the words “kingdom of God” or “kingdom of Heaven” were used by Christ, and Paul described the Church as “the body of Christ.”

Nor does anyone ever “get saved” by saying a “sinners prayer” anywhere in the Bible.
They professed a belief in Jesus and were baptized.

Nor did people always pray with their heads bowed, eyes closed, hands folded. They used to pray with their eyes open, looking up, hands outstretched.

The early church met in homes and met in the temple courts and in the synagogues and wherever they could.

For many years, music wasn’t allowed in Church services at all.
Music is a new thing for the Church historically speaking.

It used to be common for the communion table to be in the center of the sanctuary with everyone facing it.

Does anyone ever read the bulletin boards at Church?

Why is it, when considering any change, the first question asked concerns whether or not someone will be offended? Why doesn’t the first question concern whether or not God will like it or dislike it?

Is possible to be saved and drive a beer truck at the same time?

There are undoubtedly other things, but I’m hungry and it’s lunch time. Catch ya later.