The Ungodly Are Not So
Sometimes we are afraid to call a spade a spade because we are so besotted with the world, and hungry for its applause and approval, that we would do and say nothing that offends them. This is not about political correctness, when one has to avoid loaded words and terms that can cause unintended offence, but the avoidance of describing a reality that exists right here and now.
Jesus taught the world many things and one of them was that reality does not disappear just because you call it by some euphemism. Calling a geriatric in a wheel chair a youngster does not imbue him with youthful energy, and calling a friend a nice man when he is a rogue does not change him one bit.
Some Jews were hypocrites; Jesus called them whited sepulcres (Matthew 23:27). Some were liars, peddling myths about Jesus. He called …show more content…
A NEWS REPORTER wanted the exclusive story on his pit.
A FUNDAMENTALIST said: “You DESERVE your pit.”
CONFUCIUS said: “If you would have listened to me, you would not be in that pit.”
BUDDHA said: “Your pit is only a state of mind.”
A REALIST said: “That’s a PIT.”
A SCIENTIST calculated the pressure necessary (lbs./sq.in.) to get him out of the pit.
A GEOLOGIST told him to appreciate the rock strata in the pit.
The COUNTY INSPECTOR asked if he had a permit to dig a pit.
The COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR came along and figured the taxes he owed on the pit.
A PROFESSOR gave him a lecture on: “The Elementary Principles of the Pit.” A HEALTH AND WEALTH PREACHER said: “Just CONFESS that you’re not in a pit.”
An OPTIMIST said: “Things COULD be worse.”
A PESSIMIST said: “Things WILL get worse!!”
But Jesus, seeing the man, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the
Sometimes we are afraid to call a spade a spade because we are so besotted with the world, and hungry for its applause and approval, that we would do and say nothing that offends them. This is not about political correctness, when one has to avoid loaded words and terms that can cause unintended offence, but the avoidance of describing a reality that exists right here and now.
Jesus taught the world many things and one of them was that reality does not disappear just because you call it by some euphemism. Calling a geriatric in a wheel chair a youngster does not imbue him with youthful energy, and calling a friend a nice man when he is a rogue does not change him one bit.
Some Jews were hypocrites; Jesus called them whited sepulcres (Matthew 23:27). Some were liars, peddling myths about Jesus. He called …show more content…
A NEWS REPORTER wanted the exclusive story on his pit.
A FUNDAMENTALIST said: “You DESERVE your pit.”
CONFUCIUS said: “If you would have listened to me, you would not be in that pit.”
BUDDHA said: “Your pit is only a state of mind.”
A REALIST said: “That’s a PIT.”
A SCIENTIST calculated the pressure necessary (lbs./sq.in.) to get him out of the pit.
A GEOLOGIST told him to appreciate the rock strata in the pit.
The COUNTY INSPECTOR asked if he had a permit to dig a pit.
The COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR came along and figured the taxes he owed on the pit.
A PROFESSOR gave him a lecture on: “The Elementary Principles of the Pit.” A HEALTH AND WEALTH PREACHER said: “Just CONFESS that you’re not in a pit.”
An OPTIMIST said: “Things COULD be worse.”
A PESSIMIST said: “Things WILL get worse!!”
But Jesus, seeing the man, took him by the hand and lifted him out of the