IRRITATING CHRISTIANS

I read yesterday about a pastor who preached on the Five Most Irritating Things About Christians - here's his list ...

1. Christians who think everyone else should be just like them.
2. Christians who are lousy tippers.
3. Christians who don't move their faith one measly foot.
4. Christians who major on the minors.
5. Christians who think everything can be explained with a trite phrase or a simple slogan.
6. Christians who use "God told me" as a silver bullet.
7. Christians who explain God by saying of God what God never said of Himself.

I'd go along with those, though if you're like me, you might well wonder why there are seven items on this list of Five Most Irritating Things!

I did some checking and think that this is probably an indication that he suffers from PPS - Preachers' Prolonging Syndrome. It can be clearly identified from one of several symptoms -

+ The preacher says "finally" and continues to speak for another 20 minutes.
+ The preacher says, "Stick with me for another two minutes", but those two turn into ten.
+ The preacher closes his Bible, puts away his notes and still burbles on for an eternity.
+ The preacher begins his sermon by saying - "I'm going to be brief today" - (you might as well just laugh outright at that one!)
+ The preacher announces five points and ends up with seven!!!

Tomorrow I'm starting a two week series on Dangerous Church, setting the course for Grace Church in 2006 and it looks like I'd better be careful what I say, because a lot of people may be looking for symptoms of PPS!