The other day a reader took me to task about using the term, “Are you fricking kidding me?” He said it was too close to the “F” bomb to his liking. I’ve heard similar comments about my use of the word “Geez”. Some folks say it is derogatory slang aimed at dishonoring Jesus, (I thought it was a contraction for Gee-whiz – Just shows how dumb I am.) “Darn it” to some is code for “damn it”; “heck” means “hell”; “I don’t give a flip” is “I don’t give a ‘S’ bomb”; “Dadgum it” is the “GD” bomb, and so forth.
This reader continued his rant by stating that I used such expressions because I’m “ignorant and have a limited vocabulary”. (That’s odd because another reader recently griped and took the exact opposite position stating that I was using “big words” to try and impress everyone with my vocabulary.) Then there is the crowd that routinely chastises me for saying Jesus turned water into wine instead of grape juice; And those folks who state that I’m narrow minded for believing the Bible when it states that homosexuality is a sin; then there are the Obama lovers who believe that since he is our prez, their interpretation of the Bible means we should never question him and dutifully goose step right alongside him all of the way into hell . . .
Communication is weird is it not?
Yesterday I wrote that I cannot find the following words, “You must accept Christ as your Savior”, anywhere in the Bible. Several wrote and disagreed; one wrote: “Here’s what I found in MY Bible concerning accepting Christ:
Romans 10:9 – “If you CONFESS with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and BELIEVE in your heart that God has raised Him (Jesus) from the dead,
YOU WILL BE SAVED.”
Huh?
I agree with every word written above, but I don’t find the words:
“You must accept Christ as your Savior” in it ???
I merely stated that I cannot find those exact words in the Bible. What’s the big deal? It seems kind of demeaning to me to state that I “accept” Jesus. I mean who am I to “accept” Jesus? The Bible states that we must be drawn to Jesus by God and it seems to me that it is “He” that is doing the accepting of “us” by offering us an invitation to be saved and not vice versa.
True enough we must do as the foregoing verse instructs in order to be saved, but the nomenclature that “We must accept Christ as our Savior” is not to be found in the Bible. It merely struck me as being weird that it is such a commonly used term in evangelical circles and has been throughout modern times.
I agree I’m ignorant, uneducated, and use rudimentary coarse and vulgar language. Too, my perverted view of the world is obviously laden with sin and harsh.
Hmmm . . . Perhaps I should enter a monastery and take a vow of silence.
Naw, there is little doubt in my mind that it would only be a matter of time before they chastised me too and expelled me when they interpreted my sign language as giving the Abbott, (senior monk) the finger.
OMG! – Flipping off an Abbott?
I got up at 2:30 this morning in order to write this stupid column. A radio station Wave 94.1 in Tallahassee asked me to record it daily so they can air it. So it takes me even longer than before to write and then record it.
In the hope that it will prevent an accident I added, (at great expense) , this listen feature to WFTD in order that subscribers can choose to listen to it as they drive along to work instead of trying to read it on their tiny cell phones while driving.
I wonder sometimes if I should just shut the damn thing down. WFTD takes a lot of work, I don’t make any money on it, and it is very expensive to maintain the website. I receive hate mail daily and it seems to be a big pain in my neck, (or is it my butt?)
Oddly it seems to me that many readers are more concerned about my using the word “damn” or “butt” than the hordes of lost people that will spend eternity in hell to whom I’m trying to minister with my crude iterations.
Hmmm . . . I will keep writing it for them and those who appreciate it and in an effort to serve my God.
And the rest of you . . . well you can just be damned for all I care.
Please don’t bother to write. I don’t really give a flip what anyone thinks about me saying that, and oddly it is that attitude that seems to drive some of you bonkers . . .
What you don’t seem to understand is that I’ve never claimed to be some
“Holy Joe”, or politically correct, highly educated, or self-righteous. Nor am I some goody two shoes theologian who has passed some stupid religiosity test of perfection.
In fact just the opposite is true. I’m just a lowly sinner, ignorant fool, who deserves to bust hell wide open. God had mercy on me and I’m appreciative of His grace and what He did on that cross in order that a slime ball like me might enter heaven. I don’t feel worthy to walk into His presence and would much prefer to crawl in with my face flat on the ground with tears of humiliation streaming down my face.
Words for the Day is merely one effort of mine to try and help others find some peace, joy, and love in their lives by relating what works for me. I realize that my daily musings aren’t for everyone. I don’t understand the vitriol, (venom, bile, bitterness, hatred) barfed in my direction sometimes, but I’m not whining about it either.
If my belief system is contrary to yours then start your own daily devotional and quit reading or listening to mine. When you write yours, fix all my mistakes, be politically correct, be nice and don’t ever get in a bad mood, feel bad, cuss, fuss, or screw up.
How’s that? If that isn’t good enough to appease you and you still wish to fight with me, let’s have a duel underneath one of the live oak trees at Honey Lake and settle it once and for all . . . Oops there I go again exhibiting un-Christian behavior . . . (I would say that I’m sorry, but you already know that would be disingenuous of me.)
Have a great weekend and go to Honey Lake Church on Sunday and enjoy one of the best speakers I’ve ever heard take to the pulpit, C.F. Hazlewood, I can’t wait!
And if you can’t make Honey Lake Church, then go to church somewhere . . .
Eph. 5:4
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
October 11, 2013 – Click here to listen