WWJT? (What Would Jesus Think?)

'Hipster Pastor' Launches Late-Night Comedy Show 'Mocking Sin', Making Christian Entertainment 'Not S*ck' - christiannews.net

Excerpt from this article:

"The weekly broadcast uses satire and strong language to make a 'mockery of sin' in an effort, they say, to rival secular entertainment and engage the culture with the gospel."
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The Bible says:

"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord..." - 2 Corinthians 5:10,11

Here are 2 sermons on this solomn (not funny!) passage of scripture:

Serious Preaching in a Comedy Culture, by Dr. David P. Murray
The Terror of the Lord, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher

 

More Cremations Than Burials in the U.S. - Is it Wrong to Cremate Your Loved Ones?

Here are 2 podcasts on the Christian and cremation:

More Cremations Than Burials in the U.S. - Is it Wrong to Cremate Your Loved Ones? [podcast], by Pastor Kevin Swanson

A Christian View of Cremation, by Pastor Kevin Boling


Recommended sermons:

How to Benefit from a Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray

The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2:

"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."

I Saw the Dead, by Dr. David P. Murray
And I Saw the Dead, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher

The text for these 2 sermons is Revelation 20:12:

"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."



 

The Terror of the Lord!

The Terror of the Lord, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher

The text for this sermon is 2 Corinthians 5:11,12:

"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..."

Here is another sermon on this text:

Serious Preaching in a Comedy Culture, by Dr. David P. Murray

The Story Behind Bobby Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe"

The Story Behind Bobby Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe" - performingsongwriter.com

Excerpt from this article:

"As Gentry told Fred Bronson, 'The song is sort of a study in unconscious cruelty. But everybody seems more concerned with what was thrown off the bridge than they are with the thoughtlessness of the people expressed in the song. What was thrown off the bridge really isn’t that important....the real message of the song, if there must be a message, revolves around the nonchalant way the family talks about the suicide. They sit there eating their peas and apple pie and talking, without even realizing that Billie Joe’s girlfriend is sitting at the table, a member of the family.'”
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How to Seek and Find the Lord, Part 1, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher
How to Seek and Find the Lord, Part 2, by James Hamilton, The Street Preacher

(The text for these sermons is Acts 10:1-8)