The Only Ones Here
It goes something like this: “Souls being given a tour of heaven see Pentecostals partying, Baptists rejoicing, and Methodists in another area singing hymns, etc. And then over some distance from everyone else the guide asks for quiet and explains that is where the Church of Christ is and they think they are the only ones here.”
When I heard it recently, I realized that no ill-will was meant by the one telling the joke nor by those who laughed. Yet as I smiled at the joke I felt frustrated at being misunderstood and misrepresented. The implied attitudes and teachings of the Church of Christ, although, I’m sure, are true for some, are not for others. For those interested, here is an attempt to not be misunderstood! (more . . . .)
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