Monday, August 29, 2011

"The List"

I have had a lot of requests for "the list" from yesterday's sermon.
Here ya go.

JESUS LOVES SINNERS.

Therefore, sinners you are welcome here at The Bridge:
So, here we go -- to the guys that want to be girls and the girls that want to be guys,
To the drunks and druggees, to the weirdos, the porn addicts, the prostitutes, the adulterers, to the sexually promiscuous racked with guilt, to the sexually promiscuous not racked with guilt, to the thieves, the liars, the angry dads, the hormonal moms, to those who make their kids idols, to those who view their kids as a curse, the gluttons, the obsessive fans of movies about werewolves or transvestites, to the men who are 28 and living in mom’s basement who don’t have a job but can smoke Madden NFL or Gears of War on the XBOX, to the idolatrous computer nerds, to the whackjobs, nutjobs, the losers, the freaks, the geeks, the rednecks who drink a case of Natural Light, spotlight, and kill deer, to Star Wars groupees, NASCAR groupees, chain smokers (cigs or weed), to women who get paid in $1 bills, to people who text and drive, to radical Democrats and Republicans, to Mormons and any other religious folks that wear strange underpants, to steroid-pumping body builders, to people who wear biking shorts, Speedos and/or thongs, to Yoga instructors, witch doctors, potheads, crackheads, methheads, meatheads, and deadheads, even to tree huggers and PETA members,


AND to religious people who are upset right now because these subjects were not on the the Waltons, Touched by an Angel, Little House on the Prairie, or in their Christian home school curriculum and don’t think that Jesus drank REAL WINE, I have good news for all of you.

YOU ARE ALL WELCOME AT THE BRIDGE!

3 comments:

lin m. said...

How can I take offense to the ONE who does my fencing.

pennykayeg said...

I totally LOVE it: loved it when you said it and how you said it, loved that God gave you the thoughts and the way to say it, loved that the Bridge is open enough FOR you to say it, and love all the people you said it to!!
Like Lin's comment, too.
Jesus didn't get angry at the sinners who knew they needed him; He got angry at the religious who thought they needed fences (and I'm not saying we don't, but they are NOT the most important things) more than they needed a Savior.

pennykayeg said...

Oh, and I also loved it that you added your (and all our guys) willingness to fight for the women and children. Not enough men are willing to do that, and too many are willing to cause harm. Since I counsel women who have been harmed, it gave joy to hear a voice of protection! Thanks.