Humor In Pentecost

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My first reply would be, I hope you're not married nor have children if =
you ban humor as from the devil.  In one of Sis. Freeman's tapes she =
recalls a time of deep trial and the thing that helped her the most was =
when Bro. Urshan, Sr. came over to her and told her a stupid (but clean) =
little joke.  It perked her up to where she continued to spend 41 years =
as a missionary/head of missionaries in Africa - is this from the =
devil???????
Debbie

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From: 	Adam Floro[SMTP:adam@siu.edu]
Sent: 	Tuesday, April 09, 1996 3:11 PM
To: 	higher-fire@prairienet.org
Subject: 	Humor In Pentecost

Hi, folks!

I don't post here much, mostly just an avid reader. :) Anyway, I opened =
the
latest digest (119 2/2) and found the following "joke".....

>It's already Easter weekend in April, and it is still less than 30
>degrees here in Minneapolis!  We're having one heck of a winter!
                                                ^^^^
>
>                AN ANNOTATED THERMOMETER
>
>60 -Californians put on sweaters(if they can find one in their =
wardrobe)

[snip]

and......

>-60 -H*** freezes over, Polar bears move south!!
      ^^^^

My point is simple:  On a mailing list such as Higher-Fire which is
supposedly  moderated by Apostolics/Pentecostals such as myself, why are =
the
words "heck" and "H***" being used in the context of a joke?  For that
matter, why not blatantly use the word "HELL" instead of hiding behind a
cowardly shield of asterisks?

On the other hand, I can also understand that much of what we do is not =
led
by the Spirit.  We stumble, we fall, we repent, Jesus picks us back up =
and
sets us on the solid rock.  I would be the first to certainly forgive =
such
an oversight, but please lets "get a grip" folks.  After all we're
Pentecostals, not David Lettermen!  [sic]

So, here comes my topic for discussion...Should there be humor in =
Pentecost?

Opened a big can 'o worm, didn't I.  But, salvation is very serious
business.  Not much humor at all.  You know, in the 10 years I've been =
in
church, I've noticed that the revival fires begin to dim when everyone =
is
standing around cracking jokes rather than getting serious with God.

I understand the need for joy in Pentecost, but do we really need levity =
and
humor?  My stand on this argument is that Joy is from God and Humor is =
of
the Devil.  Any rebuttals?

Bro. Adam Floro
adam@siu.edu




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