{"id":6621,"date":"2011-08-22T15:30:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2011-09-18T18:45:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T22:45:04","slug":"laughing-with-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/laughing-with-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughing With Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We Christians are far too serious.<\/p>\n<p>In seminary, Howard Hendricks used to look at us students all sitting there in class and say, &#8220;When I look at most of you, it just makes me want to cry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is for this reason that I really enjoy the following blogs. Some contain &#8220;Christian&#8221; humor, some atheist humor, and some just good humor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"ASBO Jesus\" href=\"http:\/\/asbojesus.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ASBO Jesus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Naked Pastor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Naked Pastor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jesus or Squirrel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusorsquirrel.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesus or Squirrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fail Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/failblog.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FailBlog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Unfollowing Jesus\" href=\"http:\/\/unfollowingjesus.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unfollowing Jesus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Do you know of any others?<\/div>\n<div>Some of these may offend you, but here is how I think Jesus responds to every single one (including the last one there which pokes fun at religion with a really big stick):<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6622\" title=\"Laughing Jesus\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/laughing-jesus.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus laughed a lot\" width=\"286\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/laughing-jesus.jpg 286w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/laughing-jesus-200x248.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/>The more and more I learn about Jesus, the more convinced I become that Jesus was not only a man &#8220;acquainted with grief and sorrow&#8221; but was also a man full of joy and laughter. It is high time for us who follow Jesus to learn to laugh again.<\/div>\n<p>This post was (loosely) based off of the <a title=\"Commentary on Luke 5:33-39\" href=\"http:\/\/gracecommentary.com\/bible\/showthread.php?t=58\">Grace Commentary on Luke 5:33-39<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus was not only &#8220;acquainted with grief and sorrow&#8221; but was also full of joy and laughter. 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