Friends,
This is just in: Christians Must not laugh.
James was right after all: “Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.” (James 4:9) Must be why Luther rejected James as canonical.
Thanks to the ADM culture for reminding us of this sobering truth.
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Said the ‘editor’:
Yeah, this scenario is side-splittingly hilarious: God creates mankind who rebels against the most loving Being there could ever be. They become so deluded they actually think their Creator is their enemy. In an act of grace and mercy, which is beyond words God comes into His Own creation as one of them.
Because of His perfect justice these rebels could not dwell with Him. So to show these helpless creatures that deserve nothing but to be destroyed how much He loved them, knowing they would never understand or even want Him, God – in the Person of His Son – allowed them to brutally torture and kill Him.
Yeah, that’s the funniest thing we’ve ever heard.
Actually, if you think about it, it is hilarious–in an ironic and disturbing sort of way. What sort of a god is so silly that he would rather die than to allow his creation to? There is something terrifically absurd about it, isn’t there? I mean, honestly, absurd!
16“To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17” ‘We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge
and you did not mourn.’ 18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and “sinners.” ‘ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.”
Seriously. Now Christian comedy is off limits. Before long, it will be against the Bible to breathe the air that God made.
Joy, which was the small publicity of the pagan, is the gigantic secret of the Christian. And as I close this chaotic volume I open again the strange small book from which all Christianity came; and I am again haunted by a kind of confirmation. The tremendous figure which fills the Gospels towers in this respect, as in every other, above all the thinkers who ever thought themselves tall. His pathos was natural, almost casual. The Stoics, ancient and modern, were proud of concealing their tears. He never concealed His tears; He showed them plainly on His open face at any daily sight, such as the far sight of His native city. Yet He concealed something. Solemn supermen and imperial diplomatists are proud of restraining their anger. He never restrained His anger. He flung furniture down the front steps of the Temple, and asked men how they expected to escape the damnation of Hell. Yet He restrained something. I say it with reverence; there was in that shattering personality a thread that must be called shyness. There was something that He hid from all men when He went up a mountain to pray. There was something that He covered constantly by abrupt silence or impetuous isolation. There was some one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth; and I have sometimes fancied that it was His mirth. (GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy)
Amen.
jerry
PS–feel free to contribute jokes to this thread, you know, the sort of stuff that might make our pouty faces of concrete crack, crumble, and reveal.
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Sounds like a thread of thought from one of the ancient monastic traditions condemning laughter in the middle ages.
They were a minority voice in the monastic world, but they were there…
If I used ADM logic then I would say that those who counsel this line of thought are aligning themselves with ancient Romish doctrine and are jumping on the train to help the papists take over the world with a one world government and religion….
GK Chesterton was an eeeeeevil Catholic.
John MacArthur, Mark Driscoll, and Rob Bell walk into a bar…
I forget the rest.
Rick Frueh walks into a bar. Chris L ducks.
MacArthur says to Driscoll…
“John MacArthur, Mark Driscoll, and Rob Bell walk into a bar…” and just like on Cheers, the crowd hollers: “Mark! Rob!”….
Keith,
Now that is funny.
jerry
wanna dance?
…then Driscoll says to Bell…
Finally McLaren arrives and declares “Drinks all around on me!”.
The meeting became much friendlier as the night progressed, with MacArthur doing his imitation of Jerry Lewis in the Nutty Professor. The next day no one remembered what had happened.
Two guys were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, “I can’t help but think, from listening to you, that you’re from Ireland ” The other guy responds proudly, “Yes, that I am” The first guy says, “So am I. And where about from Ireland might you be?” The other guy answers, “I’m from Dublin, I am.” The first guy responds, “Sure and begora, and so am I. And what street did you live on in Dublin?” The other guy says, “A lovely little area it was. I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town.” The first guy says, “Faith & it’s a small world, so did I. So did I. And to what school would you have been going?” The other guy answers, “Well now, I went to St. Mary’s of course.” The first guy gets really excited and says, “And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?” The other guy answers, “Well, now, let’s see, I graduated in 1964.” The first guy exclaims, “The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary’s in 1964 my own self.” About this time, a woman walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer. The bartender, walks over to her, shaking his head and mutters, “It’s going to be a long night tonight” The woman asks, “Why do you say that?” “The Murphy twins are drunk again.”
Did you hear what happened when Shane Claiborne arrived and…
I’m still really mad about you naming your church Mars Hill!
made clothes for everyone!
the Three Huts:
A protestant was stranded all alone on an island. He begins sending smoke signals, hoping that somebody will find him.
Ten years pass, and a boat is sailing by. The captain notices the smoke signals, and decides to pull into the island. When he docks, he sees three huts. The protestant runs out and embraces the captain, and says, “Thank you for rescuing me!” The captain says, “No problem, where are the others?” The man says, “There is only me, I am all alone on this island.”
The captain, confused, asks, “If you are all alone, then why are there three huts?” The man says, “Well, the first hut is where I live, that’s my home. The second hut is my church, where I worship.” The captain asks, “And what is the third hut?” The man says, “Oh, that was the church I used to go to.”
Hey, have your heard about the new chordroy pillows?
you should have they are making headlines
^Tis true, tis very true.
Have you heard about the cat that swallowed a ball of yarn?
She had mittens.
and then the women over at SLD was aghast and wrote a column of the guys at CRN besmirching the hallowed name of John MacArthur! Horrors!
By now, MacArthur was really getting angry with Bell until Driscoll stepped in and…
Driscoll said, as long as John Piper turns a blind eye to my behavior
and the emergent church cult movement’s apostasy,
there arent a damn thing you can do to me.
Ravi zacharias and richard abanes
meanwhile sees the persecution and hatred toward MacArthur and dont say anything
and Abanes and Ravi return to pretending they are still legitimate christian “apologetics” teachers and speakers
One of the absolute funniest things I’ve ever read is a bunch of internet hacks attempting to soil the good name and research of a scholar like Ravi Zacharias. I’ve been in the audience at a Zacharias talk and the man is brilliant. As far as I’m concerned anyone who tries to slander doesn’t know their @ss from a hole in the ground.
so, you are saying that ravi
isnt wrong for support and praising new-ager
henri nouwen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkCkXU0e75k
also, you are saying it is okay that Ravi
supports the false teachings of robert schuller
http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/culture-war/while-christians-laughed/
mentions that christians are failing to be watchman and witnessing
does Jerry honestly think Ingrid is against entertainment.
Ingrid and many others disgusted with the Laodicean Church we are in
are against a church that acts too much like Joel Osteen
(i.e. the itching ears church)
and not enough like ther Apostle Paul
2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4
Phil – I guess J is one of those folks who can’t discern between holes…
…as he’s just proven.
[And yes, Ingrid has consistently been against "entertainment" and the use of humor. Also, to be accurate, it is the self-sufficient churches of the Reformed that match the view given of the church at Laodicea, where having the right doctrine fully trumps doing anything of use with it...]
Huh? New ager? Have you even read any of Nouwen’s works? He is brilliant and one of the greatest Christian voices of this century! What books of his have you read? Or is this another example of how all your info comes from Youtube?
Henri Nouwen is one of my favorite writers, actually. He’s a Catholic priest and has nothing to do with the New Age movement.
so,
chris you are admitting we are in the church age called Laodicea
since you say some churches nowadays fit the Church of Laodicea description
if Nouwen wasnt a new-ager then you are saying that
Nouwen and Dallas Willard and Richard Foster and Matthew Fox and Thomas Merton and their
Contemplative Spirituality/ Mysticism theology
isnt false teaching either.
BTW:
didnt Nouwen endorse a book by Hindu spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran
or is that another thing we should ignore, like the churches in america ignore
using TRUE discernment
2 timothy 4:3-4
J-
That is not what Chris said.
Based on the left behind clips you have posted on my blog as a means to bolster your opinion on things I take it that you think Revelations is a template for us to determine what “age” we presently live. I would caution against such a practice.
I took Chris to mean that the very churches that SoL rails against are better seen in the mirror.
I think I’m gonna start a blog and call it “Slice of Ephesus”. It seems to me that most of the ADM’s have forgotten their first love. Even if they do all the “right” things.
#27
That speaks volumes for your personal discernment, Phil
I am not surprised Chad would say that, but you? Your favorite author is an alcoholic ex catholic priest?
Oh John,
Wow. Wow wow wow WOW
Oh John stop beating around the bush. Really how do you feel? You are so Grace filled!
An alcoholic ex-catholic psychologist priest who repressed his homosexuality.
Sorry. I was wrong.
repressed his homosexuality.
So, wait he didn’t act on those urges but you still sit in self righteous judgment of him? You are a piece of work.
John you are hateful and vial. This man struggled deeply with many personal sins admittedly and you choose to show disdain. This man struggled against homosexuality and you mock. This man struggled against many things and yet blessed many and you cast stones.
White washed tomb seems appropriate!
So now you’re judging him because he’s an ex-alcoholic? Seriously, that’s just ridiculous. John, this is why I can’t take anything you say seriously. I don’t care how much you say you love people why your preaching at them. Your actions don’t back it up.
I am a piece of work?
You people who call sin good are the piece of work. This man was not a lover of God, He was a hater of God. He continued in a sinful lifestyle and out of his sinful lifestyle he produced works. Repressed or not, he lusted for and coveted a man sexually.
John 3:19 You love darkness rather than light because your deeds are EVIL. Romans 2 You are WORSE than him because you heartily approve of the wickedness!
Quit judging me. You are so intolerant.
You are worse than pagans! You put this guy on a pedestal as some sort of hero! If I had any hair left I would be pulling it out. I mourn for the church!
Sorry Phil….
I meant ex-catholic (really defrocked) alchoholic homosexual.
Wait… I did say that!
For the record:
I am a lying, thieving, blashphemous, adulterer at heart, and much worse. But I have repented, not of my own will but by God’s grace, and turned to God and placed faith in the redemptive work of Christ.
I am no better than Henri Nouwen…But I am better off.
Its amazing to me how little grace those who claim the doctrines of grace show on a regular basis.
And of course those who claim discernment also seem to be the least discerning.
PB, your self-righteousness is sickening. I don’t even know what to say.
J,
That is exactly what I am saying
J-
I should have said more above. You are trying to make an argument based solely on guilt by association. A lazy way to make a point. Just because I think Nouwen is great does not mean all the others on your list are as well. It just so happens that, with the exception of Fox whom I don’t know much about, they are all pretty solid.
Matthew Fox, wasn’t he a pitcher for the A’s in the 80’s?
Ever notice how many famous preachers/writers have the same name as so/so pitchers? Seriously. Rob Bell, look it up.
There’s a comment coming from John Chisham where he says he mourns for the church. I mourn for any church that has him as pastor.
His self righteous attitude is exactly what Jesus preached against. John, repent. Repent while it is still day.
Repent of the awful, hateful, un-God like things you’ve said repeatedly on this blog. Repent and get right with God.
PB,
Just to be clear, you don’t”struggle” with any sin at all? Would you describe that as a state of perfection?
That’s pretty amazing if it’s true. Good for you.
If I recall correctly, Nouwen also spent the better part of his later years working at a place called L’Arche.
I love how some people find it so easy to tear up a man who is dead.
PB, I hope you never have to struggle so greatly to follow Christ. You know, much of the time I can tolerate and even appreciate some of your points. This time, allow me to say that your hatred sickens me. You need help. Have you spent any part of your life caring for a physically or mentally disabled person as Nouwen did?
Merton? He gave up a lucrative academic career to become a Trappist monk. His writing is brilliant even if Catholic. You should actually read some of what he has written, j, it might help you with all that angst you are carrying around concerning being saved by grace and your incessant need to impress God with your list of correct behaviors.
I have read Merton, Nouwen, Foster, and Willard. I have never seen a single place in anything I have read where they denied that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
PS–this thread is supposed to be about jokes.
Amen, my self righteousness is sickening…to God. That is why I must be poor in spirit- and that has nothing to do with poor people Tony Campolo- it has to do with being humble. This is why I said and I believe:
I am no better Chad and MG! I am not right in myself. Were it not for the grace of God, I would be much worse off, for I would be self righteous. Right now, and forever, I stand in the grace of God alone.
Yes I have. Yes I do. I have no hatred for Nowen, Willard, Foster, et.al. I have a hatred for their teachings because their theology is flawed, some of it is damnable heresy!
An elderly Pastor goes into his doctor and tells him he wants his viagara pills cut into thirds. The Dr. tries to explain that having them cut in thirds, they will not perform what is promised on the package. Its alright the old man says…I want it done this way. So the Dr writes his prescription.
The elderly man takes it into the pharmacist, and, upon reading the instructions, the pharmacist protests again about the pill not being effective for this man unless it is whole. The old man, finally fed up with all the rigamarole told the pharmacist just to cut it in thirds.
The Pharmacist, upon asceding to the request took the man aside, explained the dangers of unprotected sex etc. etc. The old man retorted…These pills are not fo sex! he said ‘I am too old for that. Ijust want to stop peeing on my shoes.
PB,
I must confess I’m still confused. Do you struggle with sin? If yes, does God approve of your sin?
I’m unsure as to what basis you mock Nouwen’s struggles, or believe that they open him to derision in a way you are not.
Lol, thanx for the laugh Pastorboy. I don’t think you’ll get away with that joke on an ODM site though. . . Thankfully there is CRN.Info!
How about:
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are all on a junket to the Bahamas, when their plane vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle.
Q: Who is saved?
A: The American people…
Amen Chris!
Did you think that one up while your Boilermakers were being thumped by the Golden Gophers??
Here is one for Chris L:
So the Golden Goofups went to West Lafayette and played a football game….and won?
What a JOKE!
We’ve not had a QB worth anything for about 3 years now… (hoping they’re recruiting someone who can bring back passes of 5+ yards…)
Well, I am just happy that the Gophers have won more than 2 games.
And I am still looking forward to Rick singing the USC fight song after the trojans THUMP the Irish..
More Humor
Chris L.,
I can see that you are treading on very thin ice my friend….
PS–Very, very funny.
jerry
Chris – It is funny, however, this political season has brought out the worst in the Christian blogasphere. I have been embarrassed to read the personal and profoundly unchristian speech about Barak Obama. I do not believe he is a born again believer, but he is a father, a son, a husband, and a human being who deserves respect, regardless of his views.
Politics has again compromised our walk with Christ in deference to a tangible sense of scorn and hatred. Even people who are at odss with ODMs seem to take up their mantle when it comes to politics. It’s the same enemy syndrome, only now they are a part.
If Obama gets elected I pray for his safety, and most of all that some preacher will get to witness to him.