06/20/18 "T'aint funny McGee."
Remember Western movies, when Christians were regularly in the cast?
You know, "Stranger" and "Pilgrim."
"T'aint funny McGee."
Just my own take on bad exegesis. In fact, I don't like jokes about the Bible, since they often diminish the dignity that the Bible deserves. Then again, some exegesis is a joke (but not the funny kind).
So, if I don't like those kinds of jokes, there must be more to the post than the the obvious. Thus the guy listening to a "radio," and the famous phrase from the old radio program, "Fibber McGee and Molly."
If you are really curious, just cogitate on it. I think I have given a good "puzzle." Of course, realizing my convoluted thinking will help you decipher.
Actually, I often think about Peter calling us "strangers and pilgrims." It is a great truth. I prefer "alien" and "sojourner" or "foreigner" instead of the word, "pilgrim," since they are better translations. In fact, even the KJV translates the same word differently in other passages.
Anyway, I try to understand God's word from God's perspective, and I try to present God's word lovingly, honestly, correctly. I have been preaching Biblical holiness (not the store bought kind) for 53 years and have found that LOVE (for God and others) is the narrow way between looseness and legalism. It ain't easy, but it is essential. I have lost people I love to both sides, either making them slaves of sin or blind followers of blind guides.
