The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus

May 17, 2008

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Filed under: Uncategorized — jonbirch @ 12:43 am

interestingly, i did this before will left his comment on the last thread. ‘great minds thinking alike’ or ‘fools seldom differing’. :-)

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  1. Bwah!

    Comment by shelly — May 17, 2008 @ 12:53 am

  2. this is funny

    Comment by ben — May 17, 2008 @ 6:35 am

  3. The big question is…

    who wrote the sign if they all died of shock?!

    Comment by Mark Burgess — May 17, 2008 @ 8:05 am

  4. Quality, pure Quality.

    Comment by dennis coburn — May 17, 2008 @ 8:15 am

  5. damn it - mark beat me to my question…

    Comment by dadube — May 17, 2008 @ 8:53 am

  6. It was the parishioner who was having a lie in that Sunday, natch! :)

    Comment by Carole — May 17, 2008 @ 9:27 am

  7. …or had nipped to the toilet just before the sermon and heard them all utter “Oh my God” with their last gasp of breath?

    Comment by Carole — May 17, 2008 @ 9:34 am

  8. Brilliant!

    Comment by David — May 17, 2008 @ 9:35 am

  9. alright alright mark burgess. i confess… it were me what wrote the sign! :-)

    Comment by jonbirch — May 17, 2008 @ 11:24 am

  10. has to be that great minds thinking alike.

    Comment by Will — May 17, 2008 @ 12:45 pm

  11. I love it when you nail it so perfectly that you make me laugh out loud.

    Here’s an idea for a future one for you do, something I keep thinking about blogging about, but never get to it: Whenever I used to go to conferences, the front two rows were always reserved for the “pastors and leaders and their spouses.” (I used to be one of those folks, so I know this to be very true!) Anyway, the more I study how leaders above all need to be servants, how the first shall be last, how we should take the lowly seat and not aim for the high one, I cannot help but think they have it all wrong. The pastors, leaders, and their spouses ought to be begging and reserving the WORST seats in the house, the place where no one can see or hear anything going on, saving the best seats for those they are there to serve.

    I’m betting you can get something out of that, Jon!

    Comment by Tracy Simmons — May 17, 2008 @ 1:52 pm

  12. Is this what happens when you get the dreaded OFGOD inspection?

    Comment by Carole — May 17, 2008 @ 2:36 pm

  13. One of my favorite things I saw attributed to Mike Yaconelli was a church billboard that said “Mike Yaconelli was a dangerous man. Our carpet is proof.”

    Following God is scary as all get out - I’m reading Shane Claiborne’s latest book “Jesus for President” and wish every “Christian” citizen in the US would read this. No way in hell would they follow this dude.

    Comment by becky — May 17, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

  14. While I love your art and your wit, the comments make me wonder if any nowadays have ever really experienced God’s presence in its reality. Not that He can’t visit us in many forms (i.e. the wind, fire, earthquake, and still small voice that came to Elijah), but I have been there, within a service, where His presence was so thick it was like wading through jello, His eminence so great one had to either run for the exit or the altar one…

    Comment by jim — May 17, 2008 @ 3:14 pm

  15. Here’s some inspiration. I would love to see more on the whacky things that happen in so called revival meetings that I am hearing about. What about people getting sloshed in the Spirit or high on Jesus, visions, angelic visitations, gemstones, gold dust falling or walls lactating? It just gets weirder.

    Comment by David Derbyshire — May 17, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

  16. Check out http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/best-godstuff-promo for an interview that includes the twits in action.

    Comment by becky — May 17, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

  17. ‘The minister and the whole congregation died of shock.’

    I wonder how the tabloids might run with this story…

    Comment by Joe — May 17, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

  18. It so happened that as Zachariah was carrying out his priestly duties before God, working the shift assigned to his regiment, it came his one turn in life to enter the sanctuary of God and burn incense. The congregation was gathered and praying outside the Temple at the hour of the incense offering. Unannounced, an angel of God appeared just to the right of the altar of incense. Zachariah was paralyzed in fear.

    following this situation Zachariah was a bit quiet for 9 months - and he only saw an angel

    Comment by subo — May 17, 2008 @ 5:56 pm

  19. Thank God for that..

    a lie-in at long last! *happy sigh*

    ;]

    Comment by K-H-S — May 17, 2008 @ 9:03 pm

  20. enjoy the lie-in! :-)

    Comment by jonbirch — May 18, 2008 @ 10:17 am

  21. Alas there are times when ‘Jesus’ really does show up and the church kicks him out because he smells of alcohol and having not washed for weeks, and maybe swears a bit. Or when its too much effort to take time to listen and sit with them when they are having a bad day, or dig into our pockets/diarys to help out…

    (See Matthew 25 if you’re confused!)

    Comment by DrNick — May 18, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

  22. you are very very right drnick.

    Comment by jonbirch — May 18, 2008 @ 1:41 pm

  23. i am quite happy with ‘fools seldom differ,’ will. :-)

    Comment by jonbirch — May 18, 2008 @ 7:20 pm

  24. 12 OFGOD inspection - brilliant Carole!

    Comment by Chris F — May 18, 2008 @ 8:07 pm

  25. me too, wishful thinking really tht i may be thought of as having great mind. Oh well.

    Comment by Will — May 19, 2008 @ 7:38 am

  26. will. you have a great mind. :-)

    Comment by jonbirch — May 21, 2008 @ 4:21 pm

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