tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622522409342872165.post653829333920689761..comments2023-10-31T11:51:19.117-04:00Comments on exulting grace!: "Killer Illustrations" Bdanny2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13010556674654842010noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622522409342872165.post-6005917627069547102009-04-08T08:47:00.000-04:002009-04-08T08:47:00.000-04:00Whew! I'm greatly relieved to know that atleast at...Whew! I'm greatly relieved to know that atleast at Grace I won't have to worry about getting hit with any stray arrows during the message.<BR/><BR/>But your topic brings to mind a pastor who visited here a couple of years ago and was speaking in a local church on Sunday morning. His illustration was of saving mondy to attend a circus coming in to town (this came with much talk about how great the circus would be, and everything he would see and do and eat and then all the ways he found to earn money so he could enjoy the whole circus etc, etc,etc.) Then somehow on the way to the circus he got sidetracked and almost missed ot completely, and how awful it would have been if he had missed the circus. He went on to encourage this Dominican congregation not to miss the circus. <BR/>At the time Bob and I were shaking our heads about his relating the Gospel to a circus.<BR/>The main reason: They don't even have circuses in the DR! The closest they have is Carnival, which is held in larger cities and is a time of drunkenness, debauchery,sexual immorality, etc.<BR/><BR/>So I'm sure there were many confused people in that congregation that day!~~anna~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00810332037766841192noreply@blogger.com