Conrad Ferdinand Meyer describes in his story "A shot from the pulpit," a pastor who is next to his ministry a great lover of guns and hunting. One Sunday morning he gives his cousin, the general, a pistol. The weapons fond pastor does not want the object of his Desire can and takes her to the pulpit. Then it happened.
"Fresh and fast it went into the sermon, and already they had progressed through its first third ... The priest was in the heat of action, while his left hand gesturing in front of all the people with the right hand instinctively covered by the pulpit, the beloved pistols pulled back. \u0026lt;Lobet God with great Schalle!> he exclaimed, and, puff! slammed a powerful shot. He stood in the smoke. When he was getting visible again, the blue powder cloud slowly welled up around him and floated like an incense over the congregation. "
This story, in which we like to smile, showing a high risk of under which each preacher. All too quickly we take our hobbies with the pulpit. Rarely are so tangible things like a gun. All sorts of other things involved and enjoy the pastors and preachers throughout the week. And so it happens very quickly that we find the Bible nor our favorite ideas, our favorite pastimes and our favorite books on the pulpit. Although it is not crashing like a pistol shot swing, so in addition to teaching the Bible always the sound of secret or open with passions.
is of course a priest only human. Hopefully he can be enthusiastic about something. But just so he should know exactly what he's on Sunday Community passes. Only if he is honest with himself, he can discover where his passions run away with him and he becomes a fanatic of his pleasure.
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