In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Timothy 3:12
If you want to be popular, don’t try to be smart!
Nobody is popular BECAUSE they’re smart.
I need to qualify that statement…
…in case you aren’t very smart.
I’m not saying there aren’t some popular people who are smart.
I’m saying smartness alone won’t make you popular.
Celebrities aren’t chosen for their I.Q.
Neither are news anchors or politicians.
When you’re smart, you tend to say true things more often. Truth is rarely popular.
You don’t amass a huge following by teaching truth.
Pandering makes you popular.
To Get yourself a passel of pompous proponents.
Pimp prevailing opinion!
You can select some pandering phrases from this abridged list:
- White people make everything worse.
- Every person on Earth has the right to vote in America!
- Human activity changes the weather!
- If it is good, noble, or beautiful, evangelicals hate it!
- Jesus never said ( insert something Jesus never said )!
- Rioting is a good way to change election results!
- Christianity kills more people than smoking!
- Smoking kills more people than old age!
- It is merciful and good to kill old people!
- Babies aren’t babies until they are!
- Nobody should have to pay for college!
- Nobody should have to pay for health care!
- Rich people should pay for everything!
- Statistics are racist!
If you like these ideas, you’re probably complaining, “This isn’t a complete list!”
I know.
…that’s what ‘abridged’ means. And you’re off to a great start!
You can keep adding to this list.
Write down the headlines from Huffington Post.
Follow people on Twitter who write for Salon.
Read any Christian blogger who doesn’t write about Christ.
(…or bloggers who refer to ‘the Jesus they worship’.)
Read memes!
…or at least look at meme pictures if the words are too hard.
Remember, you don’t need to understand words to retweet them!
Also…understanding words is what smart people do.
Smart kills popularity!
So if you want to be popular…
…be smart about it.
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Christianity
God reaching down to mankind
Unique religion
You’re asking for it.
You know that’s JZ’s soapbox.
Will he take the bait?
Saved by grace, through faith.
And this is not from ourselves.
It’s the gift of God.
This is not by works.
Now, no one can ever boast.
We’re God’s handiwork.
Haikus for Jesus
Write scriptures creatively.
This is getting fun.
I’m curious too.
If JZ responds, will he
respond in Haiku?
Jesus is “the Way
and the Truth and the Life”. So
Jesus is unique.
I will take a guess
as to what he’d might suggest-
I can only jest.
“Is Jesus the Son,
or is he the Father? Those
darn contradictions!”
Stop with the Haiku
At work I talk like that now
Sound like a ding dong.
On the other hand, ya’ll are cracking me up, so thanks.
Searching for scriptures
to fit into a haiku.
Haikus for Jesus
Popularity
It’s a five-syllable word.
That is rather dope.
I tried to bring this
comment section back around.
An “A” for effort?
One will often find
that creating a haiku
will relax the mind.
“Glory to God in
the highest, and on earth, peace
good will toward men. ”
Luke 2:14
John,
I don’t understand.
What is with you all today?
I just don’t get it.
Dave
Proverbs 1:20 (ESV) –
Wisdom cries aloud
in the street, in the markets
she raises her voice;
Niiiiice. #ScriptureHaiku
Mrsmcmommy,
Heh. Nice recall on the hashtag.
I was lucky to find a verse so quickly. I have not found another since… and I have been trying.
Now everything I read is becoming an automatic sing-song attempt at making it fit a haiku pattern.
Dave
Luke 2:10-11 (ESV) – And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Blessed Christmas to all!
Mike, here, stopping by
to say “I hate your blog and
Happy Holidays”
I dedicate this Haiku to KIA… the one who stated with authority, that Christianity was designed and forgot to inform us by whom….
Religion designed.
Man minds made reality
into weak mind’s god.
I just don’t get it.
Circular logic numbs me.
I read more, and weep.
Writing some haikus.
Is just not as hard to do
as Mike seems to think.
Sounds like the “airing of grievances.” “Feats of strength” is next.
I keep wondering when the sojourn is going to start being comedic. For now your posts just sound like passive aggressive, insecure, childish rants. You don’t seem very happy as a Christian alot of the time from what you write. I hope the holidays bring you some much needed joy and happiness. From my family to yours. -kia
Thank you so much for your concern, Pastor Mike! You have no idea how much your words mean to me!
Will you enlighten me as to the specific objection you have to this post?
(Prediction: KIA will not discuss his objections with this post.)
have a wonderful christmas.
…I NAILED IT !
http://i.giphy.com/3oz8xF8ygZQBSGeegU.gif
And you said my blog isn’t funny!
It’s not… really, it’s not
You have no sense of humor… You really don’t.
The problem being… you’re supposed to have one, being a comedian and all… and I don’t have to. Ah, I forgot… Christian Comedian? No problem. Carry on.
That’s too many words.
Come show us your skills, Pastor!
Do five, seven, five.
Xtian Haiku: “Bait and switch”
Words meant to lighten,
Once was the offered promise.
-Tumbleweeds gather.
-kia
Not emo enough.
Did you even shed a tear?
You were so abused.
Emo? Sorry, I was punk before punk was cool
Tell a sob story.
Christians are such hypocrites!
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah.
Be careful, you must
In danger, you might just be
Of Recovery.
-Kia Yoda
What are you doing?
Leaving comments for us here?
Saving them from purge?
You do your blog the way you want and for your reasons, and I’ll do mine. Enjoy.
Oops, took it too far.
Pastor Mike is sensitive.
Have a lovely day.
A haiku for the pastor:
Don’t ask my beliefs.
Just know they’re better than yours.
Have a great Christmas.
Christianity.
The worst thing I’ve ever known.
Look at my cool tie.
Hahahaha!
Don’t call me Pastor.
I was never paid to preach.
Christ would not be pleased.
Do you think I’m smart?
I used to know everything.
But now I know more.
The phone never rings.
Why won’t old friends invite me?
Those poor, brainwashed souls.
I’m so enlightened.
I’ll just keep it to myself.
Except that I don’t.
To be popular:
Pimp prevailing opinion.
Create your own god.
(See, I’m still doing my job of reminding readers what the original topic was AND constructing haikus at the same time!)
I’ll purge your comment.
Not because I’m embarrassed.
Just cause I want to.
STILL ISN’T FUNNY!
I need to make a phone-call now.
Don’t forget you suck.
-Mrs.Mc
🙂
…too many syllables in line 2.
Now which one of us sucks!?
Poop! I meant to take off the word “now” before hitting send.
Ah, well, I’m not perfect. And Jesus takes away my shame. 🙂
Haikus are easy.
Is it supposed to impress
when pastor writes one?
You’re not a comic.
I don’t know why people read.
I can’t stop either.
Lol. Loved this john
Nice. You should do more poetry
Want to read more poems?
Keep showing up to comment.
It’s more fun this way.
I miss John Zande.
He’d put you in your places.
Mike lends no substance.
Sarcasm is a foreign language to you, isn’t it Kia?
Oh, and I just realized I broke the haiku chain, my bad. Let me fix it:
Mike missed the post’s point
Would rather spout his ideas
Without sharing them.
If Mike thinks he’s right
Why doesn’t he tell us why?
Oh, because he can’t.
Syllable problem:
In the second line, up top.
But I can’t throw stones. 😉
You probably don’t know me very well if you think that.
No, I don’t know you very well because all of our questions concerning you go unanswered.
Can’t actually find
The problem you are seeing
Must be my accent. 😀
#australian
I just looked it up.
My dad argued with me, too! 🙂
But here is a link.
https://pronuncian.com/podcasts/episode38
You have an excuse.
The link is American.
But Dad is crazy.
Ahhh, I see now, makes sense. We pronounce it “eye-deer”. 😉