ROD’S TOP TEN LIST OF THINGS CHRISTIANS GOT BECAUSE THEY WENT BEYOND THE SCRIPTURES
10. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: kneelers!
9. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: “survival of the fittest†as a statement of morality, just like in American Idol.
8. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: church pews!! [Luke 12:37: “will have them recline ….†(NIV)] [How many pews do you see where the minister is supposed to sit, hmmm?]
7. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: church mortgages! [Rom 13:8: “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another,…†(NIV)]
6. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: church board meetings! [Titus 1:5-9]
5. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: ear dandruff! [2 Tim. 4:3]
4. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: door to door sales persons! [2 Tim. 3:6]
3. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: no more pot luck dinners!! [1 Cor. 11:21]
2. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: leftovers!! [1 Cor. 8:10]
1. Things Christians got because they went beyond the Scriptures: very boring baptisms!! [Acts 8:36: As they traveled along the road, they came to some water…Acts 8:38: Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water…†(NIV) – no where does it say they went down into the tiled chlorinated tub of heated water!]
