Taking a sermon seriously

4550 Views 14 Replies 11 Participants Last post by evoboy911, Jan 26, 2007

CoachKinsey

Discussion Starter · Jan 12, 2007

Back in the summer, our pastor preached a sermon in which he said that you can worship God without the trappings of religion. The next Sunday, I went out fishing at Shearon Harris on Sunday morning. When I next saw the minister, he told me he missed me that Sunday and was curious if I was OK. I assured him that all was well and that I had just taken his sermon to heart. I told him that I would rather sit in my kayak and think about God than sit in church thinking about fishing!

He was not amused.

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zooker

· #2 · Jan 12, 2007

rotflmao..

that was a goodin right there..

zooker

sundrop

· #3 · Jan 12, 2007

I love it!!

Crummy

· #4 · Jan 12, 2007

Some have unique ways of thanking the maker for all that is good and beautifull.

Nantahala Fly Fishing

· #5 · Jan 12, 2007

I think HE liked fishermen better than preachers anyway!
Jesus is the reason for the season...........FISHING SEASON

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luremaker

· #6 · Jan 12, 2007

Religion is where you find it. No place in the bible does it say it must be in a building just where people congregate.

NCangler

· #7 · Jan 12, 2007

The church is made up of believers coming together to worship God. That can be in a building or in a parking lot or on a boat. But it is important for believers to come together. I consider my personal worship time (whether on the water fishing or at home studying the Bible) an addition to my corporate worship time, but not a replacement for it. And I think life is about finding balance.

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Topsail Angler

· #8 · Jan 13, 2007

Nantahala Fly Fishing said:
I think HE liked fishermen better than preachers anyway!
Jesus is the reason for the season...........FISHING SEASON

AMEN, brother! It's no surprise that Jesus hung out with fisherman!

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CoachKinsey

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jan 16, 2007

If you will remember, Jesus was mentioned being by the sea many times. In one instance, Jesus even provided a guide service by telling the disciples to put their nets out on the right side of the boat with a result of too many fish to handle. One of my favorite passages mentions Jesus being on the shore of the lake when some of the diciples who were fishermen came in. As you will recall, Jesus was cooking and eating some fish. Suggests to me that maybe even our Savior was a fisherman!

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Crummy

· #10 · Jan 16, 2007

My mother wrote me a poem when I wed and it talks of this subject and comparisons with Jesus. I'll try to find it and post it. We many times have told her to publish it.

sinker man

· #11 · Jan 16, 2007

Its probably not coincedence that the feeding of the multitudes was done with fish also.

PS Coach if I remember correctly it was 153 -0. Have you ever ran up a score like that?

Crummy

· #12 · Jan 17, 2007

Matthew 4:19
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

evoboy911

· #13 · Jan 26, 2007

that was a good one
the church i go to is on 40 acres and they have a pond with bass and brim and i go out their when church is over and fish for hours nothing but me, my fly rod and God i like to fly fish because its quiet and i can do alot of thinking and talking to Jesus some times i dont catch a thing but it is always a good day to fish

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lefty

· #14 · Jan 26, 2007

heh heh, I like that.... do you have a line item on the church budget to stock the chapel each year?

evoboy911

· #15 · Jan 26, 2007

i think its marked other
its a catch and release pond

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