i’ve done both. it was better to think of church from the ale-house as i was in the ale house at the time.
adrian plass noted that gerald coates (well known english evangelical) is an anagram of ‘gods ale crate.’
anyone know when the tradition of getting up and boring people in church started?
and anyone know what the biblical justification for this behaviour is?
Jon, i guess the answer has to come when the church had to start to make itself different to the “world”. So they thought ‘hey the world is exciting so lets be boring, that way everyone will know that we are different’.
It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.
- Martin Luther
Comment by Gene — October 31, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
i’ve done both. it was better to think of church from the ale-house as i was in the ale house at the time.
adrian plass noted that gerald coates (well known english evangelical) is an anagram of ‘gods ale crate.’
Comment by jonbirch — October 31, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
no contest- pub each time!
Comment by sonia — October 31, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
Hee hee. We do church-but-not-as-you-know-it-in-the-pub once a month - best of both?
Comment by Catriona — October 31, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
honestly, you ladies! shocking!
Comment by jonbirch — October 31, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
“God gave man beer because He loves us and wants us to be happy.” - Benjamin Franklin
Comment by Happy — October 31, 2007 @ 7:17 pm
Pub
Comment by Laura — October 31, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
quite right, happy!
mine’s a pint of old peculiar, laura!
Comment by jonbirch — October 31, 2007 @ 11:33 pm
whats the difference?
Comment by Jon — November 1, 2007 @ 5:47 am
Well for one…at a pub no one forces you to sit silently and listen to a “lecture” for 45 minutes without any interaction or feedback whatsoever.
Comment by Laura — November 2, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
anyone know when the tradition of getting up and boring people in church started?
and anyone know what the biblical justification for this behaviour is?
Comment by jonbirch — November 2, 2007 @ 6:56 pm
Why does it have to be a choice?
Great funny though.
Comment by Bryan Riley — November 2, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Jon, i guess the answer has to come when the church had to start to make itself different to the “world”. So they thought ‘hey the world is exciting so lets be boring, that way everyone will know that we are different’.
Good decision; well made.
Comment by will — November 2, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
you may have something there, will.
Comment by jonbirch — November 3, 2007 @ 1:23 am
thanks bryan… you’ve given me another cartoon idea.
Comment by jonbirch — November 3, 2007 @ 3:07 am
> anyone know when the tradition of getting up and boring people in church started?
Acts 20. Paul preaches all night and someone falls asleep and falls out a window.
Comment by Eric — November 3, 2007 @ 10:21 am
o yeh, of course! thanks eric. we really have done paul justice on this one.
Comment by jonbirch — November 3, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
Church/Pub!
Comment by bleport — November 3, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
you mean a church which is a pub. been to a few of those… i was very distracted.
Comment by jonbirch — November 3, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
I think I’ll have a church IN A Pub.
Comment by Shadraq — November 6, 2007 @ 8:50 pm
it doesn’t have to be a tough call: http://www.i61.org/about
Comment by Jeff Gill — November 22, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
The Church every time, wherever it happens to be. See you in the pub next wednesday.
regards
Cliff
Comment by Cliff — November 23, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
hahaha!
see you in the pub next wednesday for a little church, cliff!
Comment by jonbirch — November 23, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
Just popping down to the Fathers Arms…..
d’you want to come?
;]
Comment by kick-hat-snare — November 29, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
aah, nice.
Comment by jonbirch — November 29, 2007 @ 2:27 pm