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A young seminary graduate was seeking to pastor his first church.
One pulpit committee requested an interview. As the student and the committee gathered together, the chairman began the questioning. “Young man, do you know your Bible?” The young man replied, “Yes sir. I know the Bible from front to back.” Another asked, “Do you know the stories and parables?” The candidate answered, “Oh yes! I know all the stories and parables.” Another committee member said, “Tell us one of the parables of Jesus—let’s say the parable of the Good Samaritan.” And so he did. It went like this…
“There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, who went down to Jericho by night and he fell among stony ground. And the thorns rose up and choked him nearly half to death. He said, ‘What shall I do?’
Then he said, ‘I shall arise and go to my father’s house.’ And he arose, and climbed up into a sycamore tree. The next day Solomon and his wife Gomorrah came by, and they carried him down to the ark for Moses to take care of him. And as he was going through the eastern gate into the ark, he caught his hair in a limb and he hung there for 40 days and 40 nights.
And afterwards, he hungered and the ravens came and fed him. The next day the three wise men came and carried him down to Nineveh. And when he got down there, he found Delilah sitting on the wall. He cried out, ‘Chunk her down, boys.’
And they said, ‘How many times shall we chunk her down, unto seven times?’ And he said, ‘Nay, but unto seventy times seven.’ So they chunked her down, 490 times. Then she burst asunder in their midst, and they picked up twelve baskets of her fragments. And they asked him, ‘Lord, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be?’”
The pulpit committee chairman said, “Folks, I think we ought to call him. I know he’s young, but he sure knows his Bible.” (Author Unknown… and likely to stay that way!)
Do you know your Bible? I think every Christian would say… “I would like to know it better!” It has even been said that Biblical illiteracy is at an all time high, even among Christians. Brothers and sisters, help is on the way.
February 19th we will begin a church-wide campaign called 40 Days in the Word.
On Sunday, February 12th I will explain the campaign and offer a challenge to every church member to make a commitment to journey through 40 Days in the Word together. In short, for 40 days we will listen to a weekly teaching about how to be a hearer and doer of the Word…we will be aided by a daily devotional through a helpful workbook. This will be a campaign that has great promise for biblical and spiritual growth for every one of us and our church. 40 Days in The Word is a study developed by Rick Warren. Some may recall we went through a 40 day campaign a few years ago thru reading his book: The Purpose Driven Life… which truly was a blessing to all of us. Prayerfully consider taking part with your church family in this wonderful opportunity.
I hope to see you this Sunday for our BAPTIST MEN’S DAY. If I have said it once, I will say it again and again… Starnes Cove Church has been and is blessed with strong men of God at the core of its leadership and fellowship. So we set aside this day for the men of our church to be featured in the morning worship service. Men, let’s fill the choir loft for a Men’s Choir… every male, young and old are invited to a brief practice in the choir room at 10:40am, then we will go out to make a joyful noise! We will be blessed as well by testimonies from three of our own men. It’s amazing what God will do when men band together singing and sharing to the glory of God, so we are surely looking forward to a great day in the Lord.
Charlie
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