Comments on: Treating God like Letterman treated Carson.

By: SCL #387, #392 & #409 « adventures of a nomad

SCL #387, #392 & #409 « adventures of a nomad — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:33:46 +0000

[...] #409. Treating God like Letterman treated Carson. [...]

By: Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:37:00 +0000

Sounds like a sermon… a 7 point sermon. “Today I’m preaching from the first book of Letterman.”

Great job with this. I’m a youth pastor and I may share this with my youth group in some way or fashion. If I don’t, I’m sure parts of it will “come out.”

Thanks!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:26:00 +0000

I read the verse about Christ calling us friend last year and it blew me away. I walked around for quite a few days mumbling to people, “I am God’s friend.” They thought I was really weird, but I just couldn’t wrap my mind around that concept. Thanks for this. It spoke to my heart.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:31:00 +0000

Interestingly enough, I don’t feel this way about God. I feel like I can be myself with God. And even when I fail, I’m usually not that down (at least not down as long as I used to be), because I know that God doesn’t define me by my failures.

However I do treat other Christians like Letterman treated Carson. When I can feel relationships getting closer, I get nervous, because I fear how they’ll respond when they know that I’ve struggled with “big sins” in my life or that I haven’t always been focused on Christ or that I’m simply human. It’s really not a good feeling.

By: Amanda B

Amanda B — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:30:00 +0000

Point 5 is one an aspect of God that never ceases to amaze me. I can’t imagine having that much forgiveness.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:35:00 +0000

I,too, wanted to respond to something that Anonymous @6:23 said. I sometimes care more about making time for people instead of putting my relationship with the Lord above all others. If I can chat on the phone, respond to e-mails, read blogs, or drive somewhere to meet w/someone then I can spend that same amount of time (even more) praying, listening & worshipping to the Lord, reading & memorizing verses from the Bible. My relationship with Him doesn't have to be sacrificed b/c I was too busy today. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all of this.

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:17:00 +0000

"You're just kinda of pretending"

To often I find myself in this category.

Great post Jon. I love David Letterman & I love Jesus even more.

Abby

By: art iswar

art iswar — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:34:00 +0000

What an awesome post.

Thanks for posting this. I feel you’ve touched some things that are alive for all of us. At least I know for sure it is true for me.

Definitely an illustration worth sharing.

By: Amanda Mae

Amanda Mae — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:09:00 +0000

Love it.
This post reminds me of The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning, just in about 200 or so less pages.

By: Michael Hemberger

Michael Hemberger — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:45:00 +0000

great read, when i first read the title, i thought you were talking about Carson Daly. . .glad i was wrong. haha.