Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
@#$%
A friend asked if
I would preside at his funeral.
Then he asked if
I would do it before he died so he could hear it.
While I have not
answered yet, it caused me to think a lot about my funeral.
Sooooooo I've decided what
you can hear in the next section will suffice when everyone returns from the
cemetery but me.
@#$%
@#$%
Looking for some excuse
at my expense why she doesn't worship Jesus who died for her salvation, a woman
said she doesn't worship on the corner of Lincoln and Main because I talk too
much about myself in messages.
I know she's
lying; because I only talk about myself as a bad example or with
self-deprecating humor to empathize with shared humanity.
Of course, she
may be one of those religious idolaters who's looking for a poser pretending to
be better than others and not willing to be so transparent and vulnerable
and...authentic.
Or she just may
really not like me in a personal kinda way - It
happens! - and can't reconcile that with the love that Jesus
taught/demands; sooooooo she
makes up stuff to...
Don't know.
Don't...
Yeah, even this KD will feed her charges of narcissism.
Buuuuuuut unless you're as
shallow as she is, you know I just use personal
examples/illustrations/instances/inspirations/indigestions/whatevers to make
points that I pray will help folks get closer to Him.
Besides, as
Phillips Brooks used to say, "Preaching...[gospeling]...is truth through
personality."
Really, nobody
cares what Cyril of Jerusalem said...or even John Calvin or Karl Barth; though
Luther had some juicy tidbits in Table
Talk and today's televangelists make good script for SNL.
People who need
Jesus as Lord and Savior want to know what you
know Jesus can do for everyone because He's done it for you!
It's personal.
It's a personal
relationship with the Almighty God made personal by a personal relationship
with Him by grace through faith in Jesus.
Buuuuuuut if you wanna be
like most religious churchgoers with an impersonal and inefficacious...just
chalk me up to narcissism, blow me off, and...
Yeeeeeet remember this.
Someday everybody
is gonna return from the cemetery but you.
It's gonna be
very personal.
@#$%
Blessings and Love!
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6 comments:
I'll take your bad example over a poser pretending to be better than others any day, my friend.
BOB: "One day, everybody will return to the church for green beans and ham
except you." You said that about 20 years ago. Don't you have a "banned from
the funeral" list like my Mom did. You gotta work on that. Actually it could
be kind of funny. Personally, I'm banning liberal, Commie, Democrats, those
that don't like beer, and all people who process any affection for Pitt.
(except you.) I'm telling you--work on a banned list. Could be a great and
funny sermon. Love you brother.
Whew, that’s high level of planning/worry. But undoubtedly wise. Thank you for including me! I do think that you want Leslie “front and center” on these kind of plans, and I look forward to pre-deceasing you so I can welcome you to heaven rather than the other way around!
I went to a local funeral home to learn about preneed arrangements. They are paid for with very expensive insurance. A policy paid up in 3 years would add 44% to the already astronomical cost. Longer terms of pay off had lower monthly premiums but added much more to the total cost
Preneed is a good idea, but I don't know how I will pay for it.
BTW if you have not checked the cost lately, it's shocking
Burn me and dump me in the Missouri!
Now there's a plan!
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