Wednesday, June 16, 2010

ADVANCE MAN (Luke 10:1-11, 16-20)





MY FATHER WAS AN ADVANCE MAN FOR MGM

IN 1928

HE’D TRIED THE STAGE

BUT VAUDEVILLE WAS FAILING

AND HE WAS A MARRIED MAN



AN ADVANCE MAN WAS PART OF SHOW BUSINESS

SO HE SWITCHED



WHICH IS WHY I WAS BORN IN ST LOUIS

WE WERE ON THE ROAD



MY FATHER WAS ADVANCE MAN

FOR A FILM

THE LAST COMMAND



WE WERE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE CIRCUS

WE’D SHOW UP WITH A PAPER MACHE FLOAT

DEPICTING THE MOVIE

AND A CAGE HOLDING LEO THE LION



A TIRED

OLD

CIRCUS CASTOFF

WHO THRILLED THE CROWD

WHEN HE YAWNED



WE’D PAPER THE TOWN

GIVING FREE TICKETS FOR DISPLAYING POSTERS



OUR JOB WAS TO MAKE A SPONTANEOUS CROWD

COME SEE THE MOVIE



IN THOSE DAYS A MOVIE WAS LIKE A STAGE SHOW

IT STAYED IN TOWN

UNTIL THE AUDIENCE LESSENED

BEFORE THAT WE’D BE IN THE NEXT CITY



EVERYTHING WAS HYPERBOLE

EVERYTHING WAS FRESH FISH

THE GREATEST









THE ADVANCE MAN HAD TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE PRODUCT



JESUS SENT 70 ADVANCE MEN

THEY WENT OUT ENTHUSIASTIC

THEY CAME BACK ENTHUSIASTIC

THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT JESUS

AND HIS MESSAGE



AND THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE

LOVE ME AND MY CREATION

NO NITPICKING ABOUT DIFFERENCES



TO THE JEW

A GENTILE WAS A SINNER

BECAUSE HE BROKE THE LAW



WITHOUT KNOWING IT

DIETARY

HYGIENIC

SABBATH

FOR THAT HE WAS A SINNER



JESUS SAID

WHAT GOES IN A MAN’S MOUTH

DOESN’T DEFILE HIM

WHAT COMES OUT DOES



LOVE ME LOVE MY CREATION



THEY MET UP WITH INDIFFERENCE

BUT KEPT UP TRYING



I THINK

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE CHURCH TODAY

IS

WE ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT JESUS



WE LOOK FOR HORRORS IN THE RAPTURE

JUDGE THAT THE POOR MUST BE BAD

GOD IS PUNISHING THE WORLD FOR HOMOSEXUALITY

WHILE REMAINING SILENT DURING THE HOLOCAUST

ALL THE HOLOCAUSTS







JESUS IS A PRETTY PICTURE

THEN FORGET

WE HAVE NO ENTHUSIASM FOR HIS MESSAGE



RACHAEL MOURNS HER CHILDREN

THERE IS NO ONE TO COMFORT HER





FRANK A VOLLMER

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