Religious pet peeves?

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Teachers and such using conviction from above or that God told them...insert whatever after that.
God told one pastor that I should teach a Sunday school class.
A youth worker came under conviction that my one daughter should spend more time with the youth group.

It really bugs me. First, if God is talking to you about me, why isn't He talking to me first? If you come to me and say God TOLD you something, it better be from the Bible unless you still have an afterglow about you.

As for conviction,  the convicted persons went to my underage daughter instead of me. Now why on earth would they be convicted and take it up with a minor instead of the parent...let alone the obvious question of why all these people around would be convicted about me and my family and what we should be doing and how we should be serving or not serving? At least have the guts to say it's what you want. I can't believe people would claim such a high power that they rightfully can't claim. That in itself tells me they have no respect for God, and that's scary, especially when it comes from teachers and pastors!
 
Gina B said:
Teachers and such using conviction from above or that God told them...insert whatever after that.
God told one pastor that I should teach a Sunday school class.
A youth worker came under conviction that my one daughter should spend more time with the youth group.

It really bugs me. First, if God is talking to you about me, why isn't He talking to me first? If you come to me and say God TOLD you something, it better be from the Bible unless you still have an afterglow about you.

As for conviction,  the convicted persons went to my underage daughter instead of me. Now why on earth would they be convicted and take it up with a minor instead of the parent...let alone the obvious question of why all these people around would be convicted about me and my family and what we should be doing and how we should be serving or not serving? At least have the guts to say it's what you want. I can't believe people would claim such a high power that they rightfully can't claim. That in itself tells me they have no respect for God, and that's scary, especially when it comes from teachers and pastors!
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Ah, but Gina, as one pastor I know said from the pulpit, "God will not speak to you until he has spoken to your pastor first." The implication was if you feel that God is calling you to move, change churches, whatever, if it isn't approved of by the preacher, then it wasn't God who was talking to you.
 
Using so many illustrations that you forget what the point of the message was. Yeah, I know, that would cut some sermons down to about five minutes. :o
 
I'd believe you Miller, but first I have to ask my pastor.  :o    LOL
 
When the preacher says he has one more point....then goes on for another 4 or 5 points.

A preacher spending an hour to say what could have been said in 25 or 30.

People going in and out during the service...Hey, I'm trying to pay attention.

 
Salander said:
When the preacher says he has one more point....then goes on for another 4 or 5 points.

A preacher spending an hour to say what could have been said in 25 or 30.

People going in and out during the service...Hey, I'm trying to pay attention.
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I agree with the first two. People going in an out really doesn't distract me. However, I do think it is disrespectful.
And to build on the second point, that would seem to indicate that the preacher doesn't have the confidence in his ability to get a point across or confidence in his congregation to get it.
 
The sugar coating thread made me think of another one. When preachers say "donkey" instead of "ass".
 
I love to listen to a screaming, spitting preacher (to each his own), but if all they're doing is sweating, screaming, and spitting with no substance....that really stinks!
 
When preachers say "donkey" instead of "ass".

What's wrong with "donkey"?  It's a perfectly good North American English word for Equus asinus with a 200+-year history. "Ass" means something different over here.
 
Ransom said:
When preachers say "donkey" instead of "ass".

What's wrong with "donkey"?  It's a perfectly good North American English word for Equus asinus with a 200+-year history. "Ass" means something different over here.
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What does it mean up there?
 
Ransom said:
What does it mean up there?

Arse.
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My online dictionary gives as the definition of arse- slang for ass. For donkey-a domesticated ass.
In the KJV it says ass. So if you are going to quote from that version, don't shy away from what it says. Same would go for a few other words that society has turned into "bad" words.
 
When a preacher preaches for 45 minutes and says, "I haven't even gotten to the sermon yet. This is just introduction." And when it happens week after week.
 
Bro Blue said:

My online dictionary gives as the definition of arse- slang for ass. For donkey-a domesticated ass.

Nice try, but you know perfectly well that arse = ass = buttocks.
 
Bro Blue said:
The sugar coating thread made me think of another one. When preachers say "donkey" instead of "ass".
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When I first read this I wanted to respond, "surely you jest"...after reading on, I see you are not.
 
Ransom said:
Bro Blue said:

My online dictionary gives as the definition of arse- slang for ass. For donkey-a domesticated ass.

Nice try, but you know perfectly well that arse = ass = Iron Man.
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Fixed it for ya! ;)
 
I hate it when people who know nothing about the bible make quotes that they THINK are out of the bible.

Usually it is Hollywood writers who do it in a somber moment in a movie or tv show.

IE:

"God helps those that help themselves."  (I actually heard Rev. Alden [Little House in the Prarie] say that. I think I yelled at the TV on that one.)

"God works in mysterious ways."  (We also had a lady in our church, who claimed to know the bible inside out and backwards, say that all the time.)  ::)

"Cleanliness is next to Godliness."  (I think I rmember hearing that line on Michael Landon's "Highway to Heaven.) Grrrrr!



 
Preachers that preach a mini sermon on one of their pet peeves that ends up taking 10 minutes before starting the real sermon.  The same ones usually say "now in closing", and 20 minutes later they finally close after chasing rabbits all over creation.
 
Might as well add another:  Preachers that use tear jerker illustrations right at the end of the sermon to evoke a emotional response to the altar call.
 
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