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><channel><title> &#187; Not to be Taken Too Seriously</title> <atom:link href="http://theprophetjoel.com/category/not-to-be-taken-too-seriously/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://theprophetjoel.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:52:08 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <copyright>Copyright &#xA9; 2010 </copyright> <managingEditor>joel.walkley@gmail.com (Joel Walkley)</managingEditor> <webMaster>joel.walkley@gmail.com (Joel Walkley)</webMaster> <category>Christian Preaching</category> <ttl>1440</ttl> <image> <url>http://theprophetjoel.com/small.jpg</url><title> &#187; Not to be Taken Too Seriously</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com</link> <width>144</width> <height>144</height> </image> <itunes:subtitle>I\'m not a prophet; I\'m just named after one.</itunes:subtitle> <itunes:summary>Recorded sermons of Joel Walkley, preached at St. Luke's United Church of Christ in Timberville, VAI’m not a prophet, but I am named after one. Joel was a Hebrew prophet whose name means “Yahweh is God.” Found in the Bible between Hosea and Amos, he was a man who called for repentance among people who were hopefully awaiting The Day of The Lord. He is my very humbling namesake.</itunes:summary> <itunes:keywords>sermon, preaching, bible, church, homily, Sunday, scripture</itunes:keywords> <itunes:category text="Religion &#38; Spirituality"> <itunes:category text="Christianity" /> </itunes:category> <itunes:author>Joel Walkley</itunes:author> <itunes:owner> <itunes:name>Joel Walkley</itunes:name> <itunes:email>joel.walkley@gmail.com</itunes:email> </itunes:owner> <itunes:block>no</itunes:block> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit> <itunes:image href="http://theprophetjoel.com/big.jpg" /> <item><title>Lesson of the four leaf clover</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com/2010/05/lesson-of-the-four-leaf-clover/</link> <comments>http://theprophetjoel.com/2010/05/lesson-of-the-four-leaf-clover/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 21:26:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Not to be Taken Too Seriously]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=1014</guid> <description><![CDATA[With Trinity Sunday coming up, I was out in the yard picking clovers to use as a children&#8217;s message. And then I found this&#8230; From the reverse you can clearly see the four stems for each leaf. So this means either God hates the clover analogy or he wants me to preach on the Wesleyan [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Trinity Sunday coming up, I was out in the yard picking clovers to use as a children&#8217;s message. And then I found this&#8230;</p><p><a
href="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1868.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1015" title="fourleaf" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1868-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="323" /></a></p><p>From the reverse you can clearly see the four stems for each leaf.</p><p><a
href="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1864.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1016" title="fourleafreverse" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1864-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="323" /></a></p><p>So this means either God hates the clover analogy or he wants me to preach on the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Quadrilateral">Wesleyan Quadrilateral</a> this Sunday.</p><h2>What do you make of this sign?</h2> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprophetjoel.com/2010/05/lesson-of-the-four-leaf-clover/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FEMA knows the 2nd Coming is near!</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/12/fema-knows-the-2nd-coming-is-near/</link> <comments>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/12/fema-knows-the-2nd-coming-is-near/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Not to be Taken Too Seriously]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=748</guid> <description><![CDATA[This year FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has put together a Christmas list to take some stress out of your holiday season: (from their website) Disaster kits for homes, offices and autos (first aid kits; food, water and prescription medications for 72 hours; i.e., extra clothing, blankets, and flashlights). NOAA weather radios with extra [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img
class="alignleft size-full wp-image-749" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 20px;" title="rapture" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/rapture.jpg" alt="rapture" width="234" height="269" />This year FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has put together a Christmas list to take some stress out of your holiday season: (<a
href="http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=50059">from their website</a>)</p><ul><li>Disaster kits for homes, offices and autos (first aid kits; food, water and prescription medications for 72 hours; i.e., extra clothing, blankets, and flashlights).</li><li>NOAA weather radios with extra batteries.</li><li>Enrollment in a CPR or first-aid class.</li><li>Smoke detectors.</li><li>Fire extinguishers (for kitchen, garage, car, etc.)</li><li>Foldable ladders for second-story escape in a fire.</li><li>Car kits (emergency flares, shovels, ice scrapers, flashlights and fluorescent distress flags).</li><li>Pet Disaster kits (food, water, leashes, dishes and carrying case or crate).</li><li>Battery powered lamps</li></ul><p>“Disasters can happen anytime, anywhere and the holiday season provides a great opportunity to ensure that you and your loved ones are taking simple steps to be prepared,” said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate.</p><p>I&#8217;m not sure if FEMA is telling us the whole story. Do they know something we don&#8217;t know? Get disaster kits to be prepared for <em>Christmas</em>? &#8230;..</p><h2><strong>FEMA must know that Christ is coming back for Christmas this year!</strong></h2><p>Good thing there are 10 more shopping days until the Apocalypse.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/12/fema-knows-the-2nd-coming-is-near/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Uplifting Story on Christian Radio</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/10/uplifting-story-on-christian-radio/</link> <comments>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/10/uplifting-story-on-christian-radio/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Not to be Taken Too Seriously]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=552</guid> <description><![CDATA[I heard this &#8220;uplifting&#8221; story on my local Christian radio station. Its only about a minute and certainly worth a listen. [wpaudio url="http://www.womentoday.org/mp3/102109.mp3" text="small world"] Viki&#8217;s husband dies and the pastor&#8217;s wife comes and gives comfort to Viki. Years later, the pastor is shot and killed while he was preaching in the pulpit! So Viki [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I heard this &#8220;uplifting&#8221; story on my local Christian radio station. Its only about a minute and certainly worth a listen.</p><p>[wpaudio url="http://www.womentoday.org/mp3/102109.mp3" text="small world"]</p><p>Viki&#8217;s husband dies and the pastor&#8217;s wife comes and gives comfort to Viki. Years later, <strong>the pastor is shot and killed while he was preaching in the pulpit!</strong> So Viki comes and comforts the pastor&#8217;s wife who supported her when her husband died. Isn&#8217;t that swell and uplifting?</p><p>So I guess the moral of this story is &#8211; if you support someone who&#8217;s husband died your husband will die too; but its okay because at least you&#8217;ve got each other.</p><p>And if you know of any of these other bible-minute audio programs, please do share!</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/10/uplifting-story-on-christian-radio/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.womentoday.org/mp3/102109.mp3" length="953539" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item><title>Let&#8217;s Burn Bibles for Halloween (well&#8230;except the KJV)</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/10/burning-bibles-halloween/</link> <comments>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/10/burning-bibles-halloween/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:30:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Not to be Taken Too Seriously]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=540</guid> <description><![CDATA[Proof that ignorance is destructive. A church in North Carolina is planning to hold a book burning this Halloween &#8211; including Bibles. The pastor says that only the King James Version contains the true word of God and all others must be destroyed! What is this even based on? Do these people realized that KJV [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><object
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name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p><p>Proof that ignorance is destructive. A church in North Carolina is planning to hold a book burning this Halloween &#8211; including Bibles. The pastor says that only the King James Version contains the true word of God and all others must be destroyed!</p><p>What is this even based on? Do these people realized that KJV isn&#8217;t even the first English Bible? Let&#8217;s not forget that Wycliff and Tyndale both created English translations before KJV; both martyred for it!</p><p>But then again, Jesus and the Disciples obviously used KJV&#8230; 1,611 years before it was even made. Now that is divine providence.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/10/burning-bibles-halloween/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lynchburg is God&#8217;s Country</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/06/lynchburg-is-gods-country/</link> <comments>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/06/lynchburg-is-gods-country/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Not to be Taken Too Seriously]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=208</guid> <description><![CDATA[Beside the great number of churches, Jerry Falwell&#8217;s Liberty University along with a Disciples college, there is now one more reason why Lynchburg is God&#8217;s country. A man claiming to be God delayed a US Airways flight in Lynchburg, VA. I wonder if Lynchburg gets a strike against it though, because &#8220;god&#8221; was flying outta [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beside the great number of churches, Jerry Falwell&#8217;s Liberty University along with a Disciples college, there is now one more reason why Lynchburg is God&#8217;s country.</p><p><a
href="http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&amp;ak=67501787.blog">A man claiming to be God delayed a US Airways flight in Lynchburg, VA.</a></p><p>I wonder if Lynchburg gets a strike against it though, because &#8220;god&#8221; was flying outta there.</p><p>Did I mention I am seeking a church to serve in Lynchburg?</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/06/lynchburg-is-gods-country/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Television Characters who are Seminary Drop-Outs</title><link>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/05/television-characters-who-are-seminary-drop-outs/</link> <comments>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/05/television-characters-who-are-seminary-drop-outs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 15:23:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Not to be Taken Too Seriously]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://theprophetjoel.com/?p=176</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am in my last quarter of seminary and the end is in sight. However, these guys are tempting me&#8230; Dr. Robert Chase on House Dropped out of seminary in order to become a doctor. He is pretty successful, working for one of the greatest diagnosticians of all time, Dr. Gregory House. Chase is known [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am in my last quarter of seminary and the end is in sight. However, these guys are tempting me&#8230;</p><p><strong><img
class="size-full wp-image-178 alignleft" style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="chase" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/chase.jpg" alt="chase" width="179" height="240" />Dr. Robert Chase on <em>House</em></strong></p><p>Dropped out of seminary in order to become a doctor. He is pretty successful, working for one of the greatest diagnosticians of all time, Dr. Gregory House. Chase is known for showing up to work hung over, and gets in big trouble when a bad diagnosis results in the death of a patient. He shares the fact that he was in seminary in season 1, episode 5. See <a
href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/characters/chase.php">house MD guide</a> for some more background.<br
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href="http://blogs.accesshollywood.com/archives/2008/09/the-office-spoiler-toby-will-b.html"><img
class="alignleft size-full wp-image-179" style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="NUP_116909_0635" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tobyoffice-thumb-175x262.jpg" alt="" width="174" height="262" /></a> Toby Flenderson on <em>The Office</em></strong></p><p>In season 5, episode 24 &#8220;Casual Friday,&#8221; we learn that Toby in HR dropped out of seminary.</p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Well, I was in the seminary for a year and dropped out because I wanted to have sex with this girl, Cathy. Followed her back to Scranton. Took the first job I could find in HR. Later she divorced me. So, no, I wouldn&#8217;t say I have a passion for HR.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>I just want to give Toby a hug. [<a
href="http://www.tv.com/The+Office/Casual+Friday/episode/1263855/trivia.html">thanks tv.com for the quote</a>]<br
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href="https://3click.tv/showlist.php?show=My%20Name%20Is%20Earl&amp;season=season+2"><img
class="alignleft size-full wp-image-180" style="margin-right: 10px" title="milliebanks" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/milliebanks.jpg" alt="milliebanks" width="399" height="225" /></a>Millie Banks on <em>My Name is Earl</em></strong></p><p>Season 2, episode 6 &#8220;Made a Lady Think I Was God.&#8221; Millie banks is the meanest trailer park manager ever. Earl uses a walkie talkie to convince her that God is talking to her through a hearing aide. After taking all her gold and silver she becomes a nun. When Millie finds out she was duped she leaves the convent, returns to the trailer park and is meaner than before. After Earl fixes everything (with Jesus in a grilled cheese sandwich), Millie finally returns to the convent.<br
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href="http://lost-media.com/lost-episode-guide/season-three-episodes/3x17-catch-22-a-desmond-episode/"><img
class="alignleft size-full wp-image-181" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="109125_0161" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/desmond.jpg" alt="" width="145" height="145" /></a>Desmond on <em>LOST</em></strong></p><p>Season 3, episode 17 reveals that Desmond was in training to be a monk. However, after getting sauced on that sweet monastery wine, he is kicked out. See you in another life brother!<br
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href="http://www.losttvfans.com/page/Mr.+Eko?t=anon"><img
class="alignleft size-full wp-image-183" style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;" title="mrecko" src="http://theprophetjoel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mrecko.jpg" alt="mrecko" width="158" height="212" /></a>Mr. Ecko on <em>LOST</em></strong></p><p>&#8230;well this is kinda reverse. He never went to seminary but went with the philosophy &#8220;fake it till you make it&#8221; and pretended to be a priest in order to avenge his brother&#8217;s death (who was a priest). But don&#8217;t say that to his face or you&#8217;ll probably get whacked in the face with his Jesus stick.<br
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class="blank" /></p><p>So what could be in store for me, should I drop out now? Doctor, Director of human resources, trailer park manager, or a gorgeous deserted isle cast-away?</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://theprophetjoel.com/2009/05/television-characters-who-are-seminary-drop-outs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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