Exegetical Insights from “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”

by | Sep 10, 2006 | General Theology, Humor

My good friend and fellow church member, Justin Peters, has produced an exquisite exposition of a famed passage of Americana, namely, the old Southern hymn, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”  As a new and ever improving Bible study teacher, and with this depth of exegetical insight, can you imagine what Justin can do with the Bible? Compulsive Acts of Writing: Fiddling with...

Ridin’ the Pulpit!

by | May 19, 2006 | Humor

Can you say you’ve had this much fun? Phil Johnson recently put up a post regarding the amazing pulpit at Grace Community Church: the headquarters of John MacArthur’s amazing pulpit ministry. It brought back many memories, especially this one, which I posted in the comment thread over at “Pulpit Live.” I think I can say this now, five years removed from membership at Grace, without getting into too much trouble. When I arrived at Grace and TMS nine years ago this month, I joined the custodial staff at the church. Little did I know of the custodial sub-culture that existed in such an esteemed environment. Anywhoo, my “baptismal introduction” (hazing) to the custodial staff was to “ride” the pulpit. Yes, that is right. I was instructed to get inside the pulpit and ‘ride her down’. Just when I was incsribing my good friend’s, and fellow custodian’s name on the wall underneath the esteemed platform, I heard a most unamusing growling sound – as if they were trying to trun the knob to let me back up and it wouldn’t work. Mind you, this was on a Saturday evening. I began to think, “What will John MacArthur do on Sunday morning when the guys in the little glass booth above the Worship Center finally raise me from my pulpit-like tomb and voila! there I am? Speaking of “Pulpit Live.” But alas, all was a joke and they finally raised me to life again. So is my fondest memory of the Grace Church pulpit. How many have the privilege of saying they have been able to ‘ride’ the pulpit’ at GCC....

Bring Back Spanking!! – At Work?

by | Apr 27, 2006 | Culture, Humor

Calif. Woman Spanked at Work Sues for $1.2M – Yahoo! News I went to public school in the days when teachers could whip the snot out of you for poor behavior. And let me tell you. After elementary school, I had little snot left in me. I’m all for going back to “swats,” as we called them, at school. But at work? Here’s the money quote from this article about a woman being spanked in front of her co-workers in a ploy to build sales: “No reasonable middle-aged woman would want to be put up there before a group of young men, turned around to show her buttocks, get spanked and called abusive names, and told it was to increase sales and motivate employees,” her lawyer, Nicholas “Butch” Wagner, said in his closing argument. The company says the spankings were voluntary and this woman just wants money. Probably. But getting spanked at work? I do wonder how the company’s sales figures have turned...

Give Me More End-Zone Prayers

by | Apr 24, 2006 | Culture, General Theology, Humor

Lamb sacrifice in vain – Yahoo! News Football players praying and pointing skyward in the end zone after a touch down has been sometimes cute but more often annoying. Giving God glory for a touch down – well – that’s another post. Amazingly, some soccer fans have gone way beyond end-zone prayers. The link above tells of a Bulgarian butcher sacrificing a lamb and putting its blood on the posts of the goal in hopes that his lame team could win a game. Oh – and it was on the eve of the Orthodox Good Friday. Please! If end-zone prayers are what we need to have to avoid blood sacrifices, keep them...