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FinallyFree · 12-17-2011, 07:10 AM

I permanently deleted all my flaming fundy sermon notes that I preached. My latter ones I kept because, well, they are not fundy. Yeah... I tweaked a lot of beaks during my exit stage. But I felt like I had a voice as a missionary to speak out against some of the problems in fundyland so I used it.
The old stuff though... Yikes! I cannot believe some of the things I said. I am ashamed of it and wish I could go back and fix it.

~~SomethingFundy~~ · 12-17-2011, 01:23 PM

thats what im dealing with now, I want to fix it all at any costs.
Man.. ugh

**Qrayze** · 12-17-2011, 08:23 PM

(12-17-2011 01:23 PM)SomethingFundy Wrote: thats what im dealing with now, I want to fix it all at any costs.
Man.. ugh

the past is in the past; you need to forgive yourself. that goes for FinallyFree too.

**Tiarali** · 12-17-2011, 11:35 PM

Oh, wait, were these sermon notes that you preached? Sorry, I wouldn't have been so rude if I'd realised. I thought you meant notes you'd taken from sermons you'd heard.

All of us said dumb things while in fundyland. As was said in Monty Python, "I got better!" Smile

~~SomethingFundy~~ · 12-17-2011, 11:42 PM

I use to say things like that is what the kicker is.

Away-From-The-Umbrella · 12-18-2011, 03:45 PM

(12-17-2011 07:10 AM)FinallyFree Wrote: I permanently deleted all my flaming fundy sermon notes that I preached. My latter ones I kept because, well, they are not fundy. Yeah... I tweaked a lot of beaks during my exit stage. But I felt like I had a voice as a missionary to speak out against some of the problems in fundyland so I used it.
The old stuff though... Yikes! I cannot believe some of the things I said. I am ashamed of it and wish I could go back and fix it.

Praise God He led you to freedom, and that you were able to speak out against the errors of Fundyism.

I was not a pastor, but I served in ministries where I not only drank the Kool-Aid but served it too. So I feel some responsibility for getting the word out about the whacked beliefs of Fundystan. I can not fix the bad advice or things I tacitly promoted, but I can try to be part of the online conversation that helps show people the exit door.

Smile

06-22-2012, 03:18 PM

I was sitting in Fundy Church once on a Sunday night. I was on staff, so I knew the pastor re-used his serrmons. The sermon title was 10 ways to be happy. The lady in front of us opened the front cover of her Bible and had the list printed there. I sat and watched as he preached verbatim what she had there. It made me want to go to sleep. We finally escaped.

phil · 06-23-2012, 05:39 PM

(06-22-2012 03:18 PM)Bob M Wrote: I was sitting in Fundy Church once on a Sunday night. I was on staff, so I knew the pastor re-used his serrmons. The sermon title was 10 ways to be happy. The lady in front of us opened the front cover of her Bible and had the list printed there. I sat and watched as he preached verbatim what she had there. It made me want to go to sleep. We finally escaped.

The guy who was the head of BEAMS would come to our church and preach the same exact sermon every time he came(3-4 times). He would visit every year. The title of the sermon was Why Joseph Did not Become bitter. Funny thing is the same girl came forward to "rededicate her life to the Lord" at least twice when he preached that sermon.

co_heir · 06-25-2012, 11:42 AM

(06-23-2012 05:39 PM)phil Wrote:
(06-22-2012 03:18 PM)Bob M Wrote: I was sitting in Fundy Church once on a Sunday night. I was on staff, so I knew the pastor re-used his serrmons. The sermon title was 10 ways to be happy. The lady in front of us opened the front cover of her Bible and had the list printed there. I sat and watched as he preached verbatim what she had there. It made me want to go to sleep. We finally escaped.

The guy who was the head of BEAMS would come to our church and preach the same exact sermon every time he came(3-4 times). He would visit every year. The title of the sermon was Why Joseph Did not Become bitter. Funny thing is the same girl came forward to "rededicate her life to the Lord" at least twice when he preached that sermon.

Just shows that most folks don't remember anything that is preached in sermons. As my former pastor used to say, "Sermons are our favorite form of entertainment."