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Most noises in church don’t bug me. I’ve heard ‘em all.
People snoring. Babies crying. Rain falling. Crickets chirping. Sound systems popping. Toilets flushing. Offering and communion plates dropping. Sirens screaming, and cars speeding by outside. Kids yelling, and cell phones ringing inside. Hymnals hitting a bunch of piano keys. Organists standing up on a foot full of bass notes. Coughing. Sneezing. Blowing. Laughing. Crying. Shouting. Whispering. Gasping. Yawning. Clapping.
I’ve even witnessed a during-the-sermon, pew-to-pulpit, heated argument between parishioner and preacher (the parishioner won!), and I’ve refereed several fights between husbands and wives both before and after church meetings. Tacky stuff.
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James 3:1–2
Words. Words. Words. We have become “too wordy” (as my mother used to put it), much too verbal in our faith, which explains our excessive interest in meetings. Whatever happened to solitude.to silence? And when did we get the idea that more information leads to deeper consecration? On the contrary, many words tend to dilute a godly walk.
Jesus’ emphasis remained painfully clear: if you believe it, do it. His arch enemies, the Pharisees, were great on loud, dogmatic commands, lengthy requirements, and drawn-out demands. Oh, how they could preach! But when it came to doing it, they struck out.
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James 3:1–2
Words. Words. Words. We have become “too wordy” (as my mother used to put it), much too verbal in our faith, which explains our excessive interest in meetings. Whatever happened to solitude.to silence? And when did we get the idea that more information leads to deeper consecration? On the contrary, many words tend to dilute a godly walk.
Jesus’ emphasis remained painfully clear: if you believe it, do it. His arch enemies, the Pharisees, were great on loud, dogmatic commands, lengthy requirements, and drawn-out demands. Oh, how they could preach! But when it came to doing it, they struck out.
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