Comments on: More satire, this time from Sacred Sandwich

By: The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:14:01 +0000

That was great. Thanks for posting 4P.

It’s satire, but is it really?

It’s so funny but so sad at the same time.

- The Pilgrim

By: fourpointer

fourpointer — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:07:08 +0000

Jeff,

Apparently, you and I have similar trains of thought. Yesterday, we began dissecting Philippians 4:8, discussing why we need to always give more weight to “whatever things are pure, whatever things are noble.” Part of my lesson had to do with the fact that two of the reasons that even long-time church members get sucked into false religions like Mormonism is either because they stop going to church (or even scale back their attendance) or their “church” stops teaching truth so as not to “offend” anybody.

I (and, I dare say, the rest of the DefCon team) applaud the fact that you “don’t pull any punches.” This ain’t a game of patty-cake we’re playing with the enemy. And more people need to understand that.

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:58:45 +0000

I’m sorry to say that the satire piece above is moving toward reality at light speed.

Both my Church’s Pastor and I have given sermons that soccer, etc. are not valid reasons for missing Church or Sunday school. When I gave my (very direct) sermon, I was somewhat concerned because the daughter of a good friend of our family was a frequent absentee for this reason.

I will emphasize that I did not pull any punches in my message. After Church, I wanted to make sure our congregation (including our friend) received the pointed rebuke in the spirit of Christian love.

I was flabbergasted to hear the mom say, “Jeff, thank you. Great sermon…” (or something to that effect)

As my wife and I quietly “poled” the other “soccer moms”, the results were similar. They were fed by the message, and it was clear they had listened… EXCEPT to the (I’ll call it) “soccer mom rebuke”.

Let me be clear, though, that I’m not picking on soccer. I am using it as an example of the myriad of distractions we put in our lives to keep us from ‘the meeting of the saints’.

Unfortunately, we are apparently oblivious to rebuke, and the trend is accelerating.

fourpointer, the satire above scared me…

By: Manfred

Manfred — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:15:42 +0000

The Sandwich has lots of good stuff, all of it reflecting how the culture has infected so much of the proclaiming church.

By: Annunk

Annunk — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:44:46 +0000

This was good.

“Most churches nowadays have sermons that last from ten minutes to an excruciating half hour.”

I love a good laugh.

Thanks.

By: Desert Pastor's wife

Desert Pastor's wife — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:32:49 +0000

I guess I thought that it really happened! LOL I’m not too surprised over things these days and I just took it for granted that it was real! Don’t worry, fourpointer, it was my mistake.

By: fourpointer

fourpointer — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:02:49 +0000

DPW,

I apologize for not stating in the post that this was not a real story–it was satire. Sorry for the confusion :(

By: Desert Pastor's wife

Desert Pastor's wife — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:42:25 +0000

Maybe the Lord will cause them to wait so long that they will open the Bible and begin their own search for the Lord instead of letting someone find some kind of church for them. This is ridiculous!