Dr Denis Says...

Gentle readers, I am still on Sabbatical However I will be changing the format for a while. There are so many areas to address that we are going to point out our thinking about the sheep being led to the market. I have no ax to grind but I am fed up with those who try to take advantage of you. So you may not like what we are going to present but I guarantee you that it will raise your awareness and you blood pressure as we expose these vultures for who they are.- see below

I will be finishing the Book of Genesis soon, have you read my work yet? Teaching through the entire Bible on our wee study site http://scripturestudies.spruz.com ("Where scholarship and study meet". A study and social network an outreach of Scripture Institute) on the Christianity 101 Group I would like to invite you to join with us for this perhaps last of my teaching through the Bible Under the heading "Doc's notes."

For the continuing study of "What your father didn't know and your mother wouldn't tell you" please see our study site called Scriptural studies (see below) where you can enjoy many other studies as well as mine. I will continue to write on both but here you deserve the benefit of Irish insights on a variety topics

“May those who love us, love us; and those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.”

Today's offering:

Sex, lies and video tapes [Sept 1)

The Great Paradox (Aug 29)

Turn off the Cartoon Network (Fox News)[ Aug 25]

Stupid Politicians and others (Aug 24)

When SNL meets stupid they get on board (Aug 20)

"You can't fix stupid" Ron White

Don't call yourself a Christian if . . . (Aug 16)

a change of plans:

xenophobia the wave in your future

(Psychology, hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers or of their politics or culture)

Recommended Reading for your mind

The Kite Runner (August 13)

The Canon of Scripture by F. F. Bruce (August 10th)

AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- and How It Hurts Our Country (August 8)

Adam, Eve and the serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity by Dr. Elaine Pagels (August 1)

The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament July 31st

How good do we have to be? A new understanding of Guilt and forgivness (July 30th)

The Unvarnished New Testament (July 29th )

Early Christianity Orthordoxy and Heresy (July 28th)

“Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.”

Broke, USA - July 27

"I don't want to remember 2010 as a year that the GOP heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible".

Discovering the original gospel of John - July 25 By Dr Jerry W. Bernard

Crazy for God by Frank Schaeffer

Not for the weak of mind or heart-the portrait he paints amounts to a death-dealing charge of hypocrisy and insincerity at the very heart of what passes now for Christianity!

The Birth of Christianity July 22

A Old Testament word for the day July 21

The Lost apostle July 20

Reading with Heart and Mind - July 15

How God changes your brain - July 16

Papal Sin The structures of deceit By Garry Wills Pulitzer Prize winning author July 19

We ~~have~~ are moving to (http://scripturestudies.spruz.com)

Having trouble following us? Follow the bread crumbs to the above site as we move again

"I don't just teach the Bible, I teach so that you can drink my Irish coffee! It's the strong stuff. The Bible teaching that is." Denis

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December 28, 2009

6:04 PM

What to do with the luck of the Irish

The new year is suppose to bring a change of fortune

Dear Gentle reader,

I am surprised to find you hear this morning. I see you made the coffee your self yes I have a cup. With the electric out I didn't know if I was going to find anything working or not.

We have a custom, though I'm not sure if its an Irish custom or just a O'Callaghan tradition. We put a bit of money out side the house on the 31st of this month and it is supposed to bring you money for the coming year. Last year I didn't have and "real" money so I put out my check book (I don;t know if that counts or not this year I'll put out ten Shillings (about 25 cents in American money) [ I told you I was a poor preacher , Oh you heard that one have you?]

Well since I am in the United States now I need to find a place to teach/preach so many churches but they are looking for the "perfect' pastor/teacher. Me? Well I like to find a group that is not so dead that they aren't willing to show up once in a while and help me open the Book and read a bit, maybe even want to share with those who need a little bit of help. I bet I've sent out more resumes that there are web sites on Google/MSN/Yahoo/and Bravenet combined. I quit counting resumes after we hit 2000. Makes one wonder if the churches seeking a pastor really want one called by God or just someone till fill up a Sunday sermon with nonsense.

Would I be willing to move? Duh yes, not many people can fit in the little mobile home that we in now! Where do I want to go? Some place where the people have an interest in improving their lot. I mean. for example.

In my last church I told them that unless all agreed that I should come I would not! And that was the same church in which I stood up one morning as they were about to take up the collection and said " If you can't afford to put anything in the collection, then take something out!" The treasurer had to receive CPR. No one ever did that before. You can count me to do the unexpected.

There was a movie called "The shoes of the Fisherman" staring Anthony Quinn as the Roman Catholic Pope when faced with a world wide famine sold all of the Catholic Church's possessions and used the money to help the poor. I guess that's what I was thinking.

Not that this church was rich they couldn't afford to pay me half the time. But they were dear people and I loved them very much. I guess you would call me a Grace Believer. That is I believe that God has things under control and He wants me to jump in once in a while a teach a bit. Which I do when He lets me.

Here are some jokes I shared with my last church. Hope you like them as much as they did!

An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting into mischief, finally asked him, "How do you expect to get into Heaven?"
The boy thought it over and said, "Well, I'll just run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the door until St. Peter says, 'For Heaven's sake, Jimmy, come in or stay out!'"

~~~~~

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, "Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that."
Bobby looked up and replied, "Well, Ms. Smith, you can't say you weren't warned."

~~~~~

A little girl became restless as the preacher's sermon dragged on and on. Finally, she leaned over to her mother and whispered, "Mommy, if we give him the money now, will he let us go?"

~~~~~

    A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon. "How do you know what to say?" he asked.
    "Why, God tells me."
    "Oh, then why do you keep crossing things out?"

Smile God loves you and so do I,

Denis

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