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Pulpit Bloopers
For those who preach regularly, it is inevitable that from time
to time we may not say quite what we mean…
T
he all-time heavyweight champion
of pastor bloopers is the legendary
Rev William Archibald Spooner
(1844–1930), an English clergyman
who became world-famous for his slips
of the tongue. His uncanny ability to
transpose words has given us such
gaffes, today known as ‘Spoonerisms’ as
‘The Lord is a shoving leopard [loving
shepherd]’, before a service, ‘Mardon
me, Padam, this pie is occupewed. Can
I sew you to another sheet? [Pardon
me, Madam, this seat is occupied. Can
I show you to another seat?],’ and at
the end of a wedding ceremony, ‘It is
kisstomary to cuss the bride.’
A nervous pastor, preaching his first
ever Easter sermon, shouted out
dramatically: ‘Jesus rose… and then he
died again. Hallelujah!’
Another minister was conscious of
the lengthy sermon he delivered the
previous Sunday. In an attempt to
assure his congregation that this
week would be different, he said, ‘To
compensate for last week’s sermon of
20 points, this week’s sermon will be
pointless.’
The late Jack Exum Sr was really
hungry. He had gone over time and
as he was preaching, he was thinking
about eating fried chicken with
potatoes and gravy. He ended his
sermon by reading a line from a song:
‘Rescue the perishing care for the
dying, snatch the poor sinner from sin
and the gravy!’
Mike Walk, preaching on forgiveness:
‘Jesus says to forgive 7 times 70. That’s
210 TIMES!’ Not quite Mike. Try 490…
Email us your
favourite blooper
([email protected]). We will
print the best in the next edition
of Preach magazine.
Cartoon: Dave Walker www.cartoonchurch.com
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