The street we door-knocked this afternoon had an unusually high number of people offering us to come in for a drink. It may have been the heat, or maybe that’s just how they roll. We thought it would have been rude to reject the kind invitations. So we enjoyed the hospitality in four local Merrylands’ homes.
I don’t normally drink instant coffee. I’m not a coffee snob, but you’re a jerk if you reject an instant coffee when door knocking. Maybe you’re a jerk at any time if you reject instant-coffee-hospitality! So I drank the coffee.
While drinking, I explained Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee & the Tax Collector from Luke 18. She seemed to understand that God doesn’t accept the religious, but those who throw themselves on God for mercy. Yet, when pressed on what gave her confidence before God, she insisted that it was because she was good, moral and obedient. Pray she’d understand the Jesus-bit.
Here are 3 observations on this street:
- There are many religious people in Merrylands willing to talk about Jesus
- Their confidence before God is in their religiosity and not the work of Jesus
- Colin Buchanan’s DVD is pretty much like smuggling Bibles into North Korea
Merrylands already have their MP3s online. Check out this morning’s sermons.
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good work Dave!
That’s pretty much why I’ve started drinking instant coffee again. Much to many people’s surprise…
i know how much you like legit coffee. so i’m encouraged by your sacrifice
You know there is another half way option without being a jerk or having to drink instant coffee – you can have a cup of tea instead! That way you can still be a coffee snob without rejecting someone’s hospitality!
hey bro – welcome to march 2010! haha
in this particular context, tea wasn’t an option. she was basically pouring the coffee. yes was the only non-jerk option. could you have done it? haha
Yes, March 2010 but you have just re-posted the link!! I was on your site to look at your bible reading links. I’ll contact you separately with some questions about that.
As to the non-tea, only-instant-coffee option – hhhhmmm … not sure if I could have done it. I might have just asked for water or simply said “no thanks”!
looking forward to your questions
only possible conclusion based on your final response?
coffee jerk!
haha…
;)
i drank another one tonight at my host’s home in NZ!! haha
No tea on offer again?!?
well… i thought we were all having IC, but then they both backed out and i had IC and they both had coke zero!!!!
it was fine. just don’t think of it as coffee!